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'In a world where children are taken from their parents, and people are separated from their homeland, to survive is a miracle; to belong is a luxury...Cal Brodie, ex-pro-surfer, has always existed in a man's world. As a teenager in the 1980s she was the next-best-thing in women's surfing...It was a time when female surfers were a novelty - worse: a joke. In the surf, men with names like 'Worm', 'Drongo', and 'Two Dogs' dropped in, snaked and jeered. Fifteen years later, Cal has long given up surfing; and shapes surfboards for a living - a solitary, anonymous art. Meanwhile, twenty-one-year-old Hassan, on the run from immigration, finds himself in Tungalla Bay, where his life intersects with Cal, and the beautiful but troubled Nina - Cal's surfing protegee... A native title claim threatens Cal's hold on her history, Hassan's place in the world; and Nina's identity. Cal just wants to be left alone. Nina wants to surf. Hassan wants to find a home, and to play soccer. But life is rarely so simple...This is a story about all the usual things: belonging, identity, friendship, love, redemption. And about growing up in a small town that is getting bigger; and a large world that is getting smaller...Oh, and the search for the perfect wave.' (Author's abstract from website, http://www.emmahardman.com/index.htm)
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Dedication: For Dennis Hardman and Eileen Hardman
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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In Short : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 August 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Other Country 2007 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
Tale Makes Waves, but Sticks to the Shallows
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 August 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
Troubled Waters
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 August 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of The River Baptists 2006 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
Novel Gazing
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bulletin The , 7 August vol. 125 no. 6581 2007; (p. 53)
— Review of Whitecap 2007 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel ; The Anatomy of Wings 2006 single work novel -
Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 86 no. 9 2007; (p. 59)
— Review of Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel
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Untitled
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June vol. 86 no. 9 2007; (p. 59)
— Review of Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
Novel Gazing
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Bulletin The , 7 August vol. 125 no. 6581 2007; (p. 53)
— Review of Whitecap 2007 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel ; The Anatomy of Wings 2006 single work novel -
Troubled Waters
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 August 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of The River Baptists 2006 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
Tale Makes Waves, but Sticks to the Shallows
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 August 2007; (p. 12)
— Review of Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 August 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Other Country 2007 single work novel ; Nine Parts Water 2007 single work novel
Awards
- 2008 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
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