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"In her schoolgirl days, Isabelle Airly mastered the high jump, sailing over the bar, weightless, above it all. She moved like the wind that drove the ships of old, an elusive, invisible force carefully charted by mariners. Now, in her thirties, she's having more trouble staying afloat. Her father, a gentle physician, has taken his own life, and Isabelle is sorting out the facts about his arrest for insurance fraud, his descent into madness - and how much he really knew about what was going on all those years between his wife and his brother. At the same time, she is mourning a loss of her own, and exploring her memories of a childhood that might not have been as idyllic as it seemed. If Isabelle can chart her father's course, maybe she can chart her own. And if she cannot stop the force of the wind - or be that force herself - maybe she can at least hitch a ride on it until she lands safely on solid ground."--BOOK JACKET.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Sense of Joy and Loss
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Queen of the Road
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Risky Business
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 2000; (p. 10) -
Jubilant, Triumphant Charting of the Feminine
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 October 2000; (p. 9)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
On Women and the Wind
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2000; (p. 5)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel
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Sense of Joy and Loss
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Magellanic Clouds
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 November vol. 118 no. 6250 2000; (p. 105)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Fading Promise
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 31 December 2000; (p. 35)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Queen of the Road
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 2001; (p. 7)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
On Women and the Wind
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2000; (p. 5)
— Review of Isabelle the Navigator 2000 single work novel -
Risky Business
2000
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 2000; (p. 10)
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cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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