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'What makes a life when all memory of that life has been lost? Or never existed. An old man and an old woman are found in a lifeboat, washed into the waters of an island nation. They remember nothing. It is the job of the young interpreter, herself a foreigner, to discover the truth about them, before the worst is assumed. A search for the strangers' lives, lost at sea, becomes a quest to save their lives, and then her own. The Lifeboat tells a tale of love and abandonment, of pirates and storms at sea, of discovery and self-discovery, at any cost.' (Libraries Australia)
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Dedication: To Chris, with love and a car chase.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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A Couple in Mexico
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 192 2010; (p. 14) -
First Novels Captivate with Studies of Loss
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Stranding 2008 single work novel ; The Retreaters 2008 single work novel ; The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Lifeboat
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 April 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 April 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Two for the Road 2008 single work novel ; The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
Fable of the Never Ending Quest for Personal Identity
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 April 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel
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[Review] The Lifeboat
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 87 no. 6 2008; (p. 37)
— Review of The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
Fable of the Never Ending Quest for Personal Identity
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 April 2008; (p. 16)
— Review of The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 April 2008; (p. 30)
— Review of Two for the Road 2008 single work novel ; The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
[Review] The Lifeboat
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 20 April 2008; (p. 26)
— Review of The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
First Novels Captivate with Studies of Loss
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 May 2008; (p. 11)
— Review of The Stranding 2008 single work novel ; The Retreaters 2008 single work novel ; The Lifeboat 2008 single work novel -
A Couple in Mexico
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , February no. 192 2010; (p. 14)
Awards
- 2009 shortlisted Barbara Jefferis Award
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