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Gina, a barely 50-something corporate high-flier, is counting her losses when a chance meeting throws a sea change her way. A job as a house/dog-sitter - albeit in a minus one-star leaky cottage in windswept Shelly Beach - seems the perfect opportunity to relax and regroup. But Gina hasn't counted on the locals, and soon finds herself reluctantly convening the writers' group, babysitting, baking, seal-watching, bicycling . . . and perhaps even falling in love.
With a cast of unforgettable characters, The Shelly Beach Writers' Group is an irresistible story of reinvention.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Dedication: For my daughters, Elisha and Natalie
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Prequel to The Festival by the Sea.
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Michael Joseph
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2012
Z1840442
2012
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'Gina Laurel is ready to move on from her quiet life at Shelly Beach - and she's got the brilliant job offer to prove it. But when her erstwhile lover - and director of the inaugural Shelly Beach Writers' Festival - takes a job in the city, Gina finds herself the last-minute fill-in as director of the chaotic seaside festival.
'Before she can rejoin the rat race, she must negotiate her way through celebrity-author hissy fits, champagne galas, rogue pirates and giant mice . . . not to mention a love/hate relationship with the former festival director.
'As the festival looms ever closer, Gina has some big decisions to make. Is she really ready to swap her ocean view for an office desk and the bright lights of the city?' (From the publisher's website.)
Works about this Work
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Once More with Feeling, Please
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 April 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 February 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 February 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Five Bells 2011 single work novel ; The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2010-2011 vol. 90 no. 5 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel
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Cover Notes
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 February 2011; (p. 21)
— Review of Five Bells 2011 single work novel ; The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2010-2011 vol. 90 no. 5 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 12 February 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel -
Once More with Feeling, Please
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 April 2011; (p. 31)
— Review of The Shelly Beach Writers' Group 2011 single work novel
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