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Past the Shallows
Past the Shallows
Favel Parrett (born 1974)
English editions
Written in EnglishPast the Shallows
Washington Square Press · United States · April 2014 · Paperback · 272 pages
Past the Shallows
Hachette Australia · Australia · 2011 · 254 pages
Past the Shallows
Hodder & Stoughton · United Kingdom · 30 August 2012 · Paperback
Past the Shallows
Hachette Australia · Australia · 26 February 2013 · Paperback
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Three brothers, Joe, Miles and Harry, live on Tasmania's isolated southern coast in the shadow of their mother's early death. Their father fishes for a living and his temper shifts like the sea itself; he is a hard, resentful man with a terrible secret. Everyone loves Harry, the youngest, except his father. Miles tries to protect him but cannot be everywhere, so Harry, much of the time on his own, finds his happiness in little things: cuttlefish bones and shark egg cases washed up by the tide, a young kelpie, a warm drink, and a friendship he keeps hidden with a solitary man nearby. A brother's love and small treasures may not be enough to protect him.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Australia
- First published
- 2011
- Author's age
- 37 when first published
- ISBN
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9780733626579 (Hachette Australia, Australia)
9781848547506 (Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom)
9780733630491 (Hachette Australia, Australia)
9781476754871 (Washington Square Press, United States)
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