Stone Yard Devotional is a 2024 novel by Australian writer Charlotte Wood, published by Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton.

Initially the woman is despondent and spends her days in relative inactivity, however she eventually begins to attend meetings and assist the nuns with their daily tasks.

A severe drought in the north of the country causes a massive mouse infestation in the town as the mice migrate south.

[3] Writing for The Guardian, novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce stated that the parts of the book vividly describing the rat infestation "would make Stephen King's hair stand on end.

Regarding the overall theme of retreat in the face of impending catastrophe, and the morality of such a position, Wright states that Wood's narration does not provide simple resolutions and her "exploration of this question is always compassionate and curious".