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'Ex-boyfriend Jack drives his ex-girlfriend the 1400 kilometres from Sydney to Adelaide in a small car. Maria is going to Adelaide to meet up with her new boyfriend. Jack
offers her a lift because their former love relationship is now improperly defined.
Hardly Beach Weather is a road novel of unremitting Australianness: the sheep in the tuckerbag, a lone woman watching for snakes, mutual misinterpretations of city and bush.
Along the way, Jack and Maria are assaulted by stories of love and heartbreak told by strangers in every country town, by shopkeepers, drinkers, hitchhikers; these are tales which bust through motel walls, interrupt the radio cricket and endlessly remind Jack of his and Maria′s failures and shortcomings.
Despite all evidence, Jack maintains hope - and Maria is very, very patient.' (Publisher's blurb)
Hardly Beach Weather is a road novel of unremitting Australianness: the sheep in the tuckerbag, a lone woman watching for snakes, mutual misinterpretations of city and bush.
Along the way, Jack and Maria are assaulted by stories of love and heartbreak told by strangers in every country town, by shopkeepers, drinkers, hitchhikers; these are tales which bust through motel walls, interrupt the radio cricket and endlessly remind Jack of his and Maria′s failures and shortcomings.
Despite all evidence, Jack maintains hope - and Maria is very, very patient.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Book Briefs - Modern Australian Classics & Some
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Blast , Winter no. 47 2002; (p. 13) -
Long Drive with No Relief
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 9 September 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
Smart, Funny Road Tale with a Hole at Its Heart
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 August 2002; (p. 17)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
The Trouble with Banality
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 243 2002; (p. 59)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
Overheard on the Backseat
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 July 2002; (p. 14)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel
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An Inland Sea of Bronze Aussies
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2002; (p. 11)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
Continental Drift
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 May vol. 120 no. 6326 2002; (p. 68)
— Review of Angel Rock 2002 single work novel ; Judgement Rock 2002 single work novel ; A Map of the Gardens : Stories 2002 selected work short story ; Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel ; Quiros 2002 single work novel -
Back on Track Down the Road
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 June 2002; (p. 8-9)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
Overheard on the Backseat
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 July 2002; (p. 14)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
The Trouble with Banality
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 243 2002; (p. 59)
— Review of Hardly Beach Weather 2002 single work novel -
Book Briefs - Modern Australian Classics & Some
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: Blast , Winter no. 47 2002; (p. 13)
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