Winch has built her novel with subtlety and strength. This is a complex, satisfying book, both story and testimony. The Yield works to reclaim a history that never should have been lost in the first place. - The Guardian
"Unmissable." - The Guardian
"[A] wily, appealing novel....A testament to the saving grace of language itself, and to the corrosive consequences when it falls out of use and disappears." - Wall Street Journal
A lyrical, courageous storyteller, Winch redefines Australia in this generational tale of reclamation and hope. - Sunday Times (London)
"A deep and affecting novel,
[and] one of the summer's literary must-reads." -
Bustle"Winch makes a strong statement, beautifully rendered." -
Library Journal (starred review)Take courage when you read this book. You'll need it. Winch asks big questions ... Is the answer within us? -
Bruce Pascoe, author of Dark Emu"The Peoples, languages and wildlife of Australia have been purposely decimated for a great many years. The history of this vast land is a tragic one and this young Indigenous author has taken it on in a graceful act of retrieval and witness. The dictionary and use of Wiradjuri words is transporting. Birrabuwawanha-to return, to come back.
The Yield is a fine novel, and one not without hope." -
Joy Williams, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Quick and the DeadA lyrical and generous writer, Winch's prose shimmers through this extraordinary tale of cruelty, dislocation, love and resilience. -
Judging Panel for the Prime Minister's Literary AwardAlready a best-seller in Australia, Winch's second novel is a clear-eyed look at the experiences of native people and the ways in which history is inherited through generations. -
BooklistA beautifully written novel that puts language at the heart of remembering the past and understanding the present. -
Kate Morton, internationally bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter"The Yield is, by far, the Australian novel of 2020 that you won't want to miss." -
Book Riot"The humorous undercurrent to some of Winch's short stories has no place here, and this is a more serious work than her previous books-but while she may have developed a more sophisticated style, her work is no less vivid, and this is an astonishingly elegant and powerful second novel." -
Melanie Kembrey, Sydney Morning HeraldA groundbreaking novel for black
and white Australia. -
Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthMesmerising and important. -
Melissa Lucashenko, 2019 Miles Franklin award-winning author of Too Much LipWinch offers a stark account of how Aboriginal peoples are ignored, abused and their cultural beliefs stomped on, [but]
The Yield's final message is one of hope. -
BuzzfeedThe Yield is a story of hope and preservation -
BuzzfeedThe Yield sings up language, history, home, blood - all the important stuff. -
Paul Kelly, author of How to Make GravyA work of immense scope and sensitivity. -
Jessie Cole, author of Deeper Water Reap the wisdom this book yields. -
The Saturday Paper The Yield is the work of a major talent. It hypnotises with its lyricism, with the juxtaposition of horror and hope, and the candid look at family, country and history. It's a work to be savoured, to be enjoyed in the sun on a winter's day, and then to be shared-as widely as possible! -
Madelaine Dickie, National Indigenous TimesThe Yield...is a poignant story of personal and cultural reclamation and survival. -
The AustralianAs August navigates her connection to home, to family, and seeks to save what is left of it, the three stories collide in a beautiful ending. The story touches on many types of trauma that have been inflicted on Indigenous Australian's from the colonization of Australia. Beautifully written, this was a deeply moving story that showed that regardless of the brokenness, the spirit of culture is so much stronger. -
ReadWithWine"A brilliant novel: deeply thought provoking, challenging, intelligent, sophisticated in style, and beautifully written, despite the brutality and sorrow that the history, and narrative, is awash with." -
Theresa Smith WritesNothing short of a landmark Australian novel, simultaneously timeless and yet urgently a story for now, with sentences that'll knock the wind out of your gut. -
Benjamin Law, author of The Family LawThe Yield is a bleak and beautiful book that eloquently phrases the weight of history, with an ultimately uplifting sensibility at its heart: that of the power of storytelling across thousands of years. -
Anne Barnetson, Australian Bookseller + PublisherWinch's urgent novel is a chance to listen. A moving and evocative story of Aboriginal Australia. Hope shines through this contemporary novel of a culture dispossessed and the importance of preserving language. Winch is a Wiradjuri author and here she writes about the Wiradjuri language which was once thought to be extinct but has now been preserved. The Yield is current, timely and an important must-Read for all Australians. -
Dean, Better Read Than Dead It's another mesmerizing tour de force, throwing a spotlight on Australia's broken heart. -
Juliet Rieden, Australian Womens Weekly This is a big hearted, hopeful book. More hopeful, maybe, than we deserve. -
Miles Allinson, Readings I just finished this book and it is ABSOLUTELY extraordinary. Intensely moving, gripping, brutal and yet so full of generosity. I learned so much especially about the lyrical Wiradjuri language. Brilliant. -
Annabel Crabb, author of The Wife Drought The Yield uniquely and powerfully shows how revolutionary a shift from an imported language to an Indigenous language might be ... such aesthetically and ethically ambitious writing. Reap the wisdom this book yields. -
Maria Takolander, The Saturday Paper
This is an astonishingly elegant and powerful second novel. -
Louise Swinn, The Sydney Morning Herald 
