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'It is 1854, and with the certainty of land behind her, Sarah flees her home for the uncertainties of life in the new colony. In steerage, she joins the other unmarried women, where the horrors of their close confinement bring an unraveling of secrets no one can control. Sarah endures, longing for her mother's forgiveness and the sweetness of her cousin Richard's breath. As she draws closer to her new land, she becomes increasingly haunted by her own tale and the letter home she cannot write. Moving between the voyage in which pigs run through flooded living quarters to the hallucinatory visions induced by heat and doldrums, Christine Balint's astonishing debut novel brings us close to a time when the world was still a place to be discovered. Shortlisted for the Vogel Literary Award. "Dazzling.... A meticulous history and a beautifully crafted fiction.... Compelling reading." ' Courier Mail
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Old Voyages
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 1 2001;
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 12)
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Saltwater Odyssey
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 January 2000;
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Youth Loses Plot as Market Beckons
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 July 2000; (p. 8) -
The Best Young Australian Novelists 2000 : Commended
2000
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 April 2000; (p. 8)
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Untitled
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 12)
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 November 1999; (p. 14)
— Review of Shameful Autobiographies : Shame in Contemporary Australian Autobiographies and Culture 1999 single work criticism biography ; The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Powerfully Reconciling Story Awaits Behind a Black Cover
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 28 November 1999; (p. 20)
— Review of Hard Yards 1999 single work novel ; The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 November 1999; (p. 10)
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
Old Voyages
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 13 no. 1 2001;
— Review of The Salt Letters 1999 single work novel -
The Best Young Australian Novelists 2000 : Commended
2000
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 April 2000; (p. 8) -
Youth Loses Plot as Market Beckons
2000
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 July 2000; (p. 8) -
Women All at Sea
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 9 October 1999; (p. 8)
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