Independent publishing studio Debut novel 2027
Eastwell Productions
Broken Things by Ricky Eastwell.
Alec Wightman has spent his life fixing things. People are harder.
- Debut novel
- 2027
- By
- Ricky Eastwell
- Status
- Coming 2027
The debut
Alec Wightman has spent his life fixing things. People are harder.
A collision on Coast Road shatters Alec Wightman’s family. The official account leaves questions no one will answer. In a coastal town beneath the flight path of a military airbase, a gifted repairman and a fighter pilot live by very different rules. A dark, intimate thriller about love, control and the things we cannot put right.
A broken toaster. Burnt toast. A six-year-old with a homemade robot and big plans for the sky. Broken Things begins with the small, untidy details of a family morning — and a man who believes almost anything deserves another chance.
Inside Broken Things
A familiar world. Difficult choices.
There is warmth here, and humour. There are also questions about love, responsibility and the stories people tell themselves.
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An ordinary world, closely observed
A kitchen table, a shop between the pharmacy and the bakery, aircraft passing overhead. Small details give Marlow a life of its own.
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Warmth alongside the darkness
Dry humour, stubborn affection and the little absurdities of daily life make the people matter before the questions become difficult.
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Questions without easy answers
Love, responsibility and the wish to put things right meet in a story where understanding a person does not settle what to think of them.
“The world had become extraordinarily good at making things and completely hopeless at keeping them.”
The author
Ricky Eastwell
Ricky Eastwell is an author and the founder of Eastwell Productions, based in Perth, Western Australia. Broken Things is his debut novel.
Along the coast
Salt air, weathered buildings and the sea beyond the town. A glimpse of the landscape around Marlow.
Atmospheric concept art inspired by the novel’s coastal setting.
Release news
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