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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Wildlight
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'Sixteen-year-old Stephanie West has been dragged from Sydney to remote Maatsuyker Island off the coast of Tasmania by her parents, hoping to recapture a childhood idyll and come to terms with their grief over the death of Steph's twin brother. With no television, no heating and no one else on the island, the months ahead look to be filled with ghosts of the past.

Steph's saviour is Tom Forrest, a 19-year-old deckhand aboard a crayfishing boat. When the weather allows, Tom visits the island, and he and Steph soon form an attraction. But Tom must conceal at all costs the illegal fishing he takes part in, orchestrated by his tyrannical brother. And he dare not dwell on his fear of the sea or his deep-worn premonition that the ocean will one day take him.

Wildlight is an exquisite exploration of the wayward journey of adolescence, and how the intense experience of a place can change the course of even the most well-planned life.'

Notes

  • Dedication: For Ian Templeman, mentor and friend 1938-2015

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Review : Wildlight Emma Stubley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2016;

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Emotional Transportation for Families and Their Pain Peter Pierce , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 April 2016; (p. 29) The Saturday Age , 9-10 April 2016; (p. 29)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel ; Sing Fox to Me Sarah Kanake , 2016 single work novel
Love Lets Teens Grieve William Yeoman , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 February 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
'Robyn Mundy’s book is set on a harsh island off Tasmania, says William Yeoman.'
Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 February 2016; (p. 27)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Mystery at Heart of a Coming-of-Age Romance Gretchen Shirm , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 February 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Wildlight 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 January 2016; (p. 19)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Mystery at Heart of a Coming-of-Age Romance Gretchen Shirm , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 February 2016; (p. 18)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Well Read Margot Lloyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 February 2016; (p. 27)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
Love Lets Teens Grieve William Yeoman , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 February 2016; (p. 6)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel
'Robyn Mundy’s book is set on a harsh island off Tasmania, says William Yeoman.'
Emotional Transportation for Families and Their Pain Peter Pierce , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 April 2016; (p. 29) The Saturday Age , 9-10 April 2016; (p. 29)

— Review of Wildlight Robyn Mundy , 2016 single work novel ; Sing Fox to Me Sarah Kanake , 2016 single work novel
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