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Past the Shallows

by Favel Parrett · 2011

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Brothers Joe, Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast of Tasmania. Everyday their dad battles the unpredictable ocean to make a living. He is a hard man, a bitter drinker who harbours a devastating secret that is destroying him. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to leave home and so are forced to live under the dark cloud of their father's mood, trying to stay as invisible as possible whenever he is home. Harry, the youngest, is the most vulnerable and it seems he bears the brunt of his father's anger...

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brothersbrothersMore like thisLess of thisfamilyfamilyMore like thisLess of thisgriefgriefMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of thissiblingssiblingsMore like thisLess of this
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2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisTasmaniaTasmaniaMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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young adultadult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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