Past the Shallows : A Novel
by Parrett, Favel
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 147675487X
- ISBN 13
- 9781476754871
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Past The Shallows is the first novel by award-winning Australian author, Favel Parrett. Since his Mum died in a car accident, Harry Curren, now almost nine years old, lives with his Dad and his older brother, Miles, on coastal southern Tasmania. Joe's old enough to live on his own in Grandad's house. It's school holidays, and Harry would like to spend time with his brothers, even wander the beach when they go for a surf, but after Uncle Nick drowned, Dad makes Miles go on the boat with him and Jeff and Martin, not something Miles enjoys.
Living with Dad is no picnic: his moods are unpredictable, and when he's angry, Steven Curren can be violent, so the boys try to tread lightly. There's Aunty Jean who does stuff for them, but she's nothing like her sister. And Harry's best friend Stuart, but he's not always at the caravan. One day, though, he follows a friendly little kelpie through the bush to a shack, before realising that's where George Fuller lives. Everyone stays away from George, Harry's not sure why.
Parrett gives the reader a story that's spare on detail, but the shocking truth of what happened back then is gradually revealed. Her descriptive prose is beautiful, in particular her renderings of the sea and surfing. The comparisons with Tim Winton's work are certainly valid. The relationship between the three brothers is heartening and Harry is impossible not to love, to care about, to feel for. Moving and heart-breaking, this is an amazing debut novel.
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- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8746896-75
- Title
- Past the Shallows : A Novel
- Author
- Parrett, Favel
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 147675487X
- ISBN 13
- 9781476754871
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Place of Publication
- Qg12
- This edition first published
- 2014-04
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