So real, so true - this novel sweeps you away in its tide - Robert Drewe on PAST THE SHALLOWS But she will also find out that it is just as easy to lose it all.įor Isla, those two long summers will change everything.įavel Parrett delivers an evocative and gently told story about the power fear and kindness have to change lives. Like the snow white petrels that survive in the harshest coldest place, this lonely girl at the bottom of the world will learn that it is possible to go anywhere, be anything. And when a sailor from the ship befriends her mother, he shares his stories with them all - of Antarctica, his home in Denmark and life onboard. But, for Isla and her brother, their mother's sadness and the cold, damp greyness of Hobart's stone streets seeps into everything. Running away from the mainland was supposed to make their lives better. Shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards 2015, The Indie Books Awards 2015, ALS Gold Medal 20125 and the ABA's Booksellers' Choice Award 2015. Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015.
From award-winning author of PAST THE SHALLOWS, Favel Parrett, a story about the moments that change us and the moments that save us.
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