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y separately published work icon Still Waving single work   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Still Waving
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The doubts of yesterday left as soon as I caught my first wave. I felt so strong and powerful and forgot the crap in my life as I skimmed down the face of a wave. Julie is getting her life back together after the tragedy that destroyed her family. She has a passion for surfing, and is making new friends and finally starting to feel like she belongs. But when her brother Toby wants to leave Sydney and return to the bush to live, and Aunt Jean becomes unwell, Julie fears she is losing what’s left of her family, and wonders if she is being punished for being happy. While Julie continues to be besieged with dramas, she also finds an inner strength, and vows to stop crying and make this her laughing year. The letter sat there. Why did it look so innocent? I guess because it was only words on paper. But what would those words say?

Notes

  • Dedication: For Carol, Bobbie, Hallie, Porgie and Bessie.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Spinifex Press , 2005 .
      Extent: 278p.p.
      ISBN: 1876756527

Works about this Work

Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , July no. 2 2005; (p. 17)

— Review of Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
Veiled Issues Anna Ryan-Punch , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 275 2005; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Does My Head Look Big in This? Randa Abdel-Fattah , 2005 single work novel ; Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 June 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 June 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
Veiled Issues Anna Ryan-Punch , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 275 2005; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Does My Head Look Big in This? Randa Abdel-Fattah , 2005 single work novel ; Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
Untitled Mike Shuttleworth , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , July no. 2 2005; (p. 17)

— Review of Still Waving Laurene Kelly , 2005 single work novel
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