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'Ettie Brookbank is the heart and soul of Cook's Basin, a sleepy offshore community comprising a cluster of dazzling blue bays. But for all the idyllic surroundings, Ettie can't help wondering where her dreams have disappeared to.
'Until fate offers her a lifeline - in the shape of a lopsided little café on the water's edge.
'When Bertie, its cantankerous septuagenarian owner, offers her 'the Briny' for a knockdown price, it's an opportunity too good to miss. But it's a mammoth task - and she'll need a partner.
'Enter Kate Jackson, the enigmatic new resident of the haunted house on Oyster Bay. Kate is also clearly at a crossroads - running from a life in the city that has left her lonely and lost.
'Could a ramshackle cafe and its endearingly eccentric customers deliver the new start both women so desperately crave?' (From the publisher's website.)
Notes
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Dedication: for Bob
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Author's note:
Cook's Basin does not exist. Nor does The Briny Cafe. Nor do any of the characters or events that I've written about. This is a work of fiction but it is, of course, a homage to Pittwater and the fabulously quirky people who make it such a wondrous place to live.
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Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Play Abandoned 2011 single work novel ; Triptych : An Erotic Adventure 2011 selected work short story ; The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel -
Duncan to Speak on Pittwater Novel
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 30 September 2011; (p. 21) -
Sea Change Success Story
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 2 October 2011; (p. 3) -
Salvation Beside the Sea
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 September 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 September 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel
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Off the Shelf : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 September 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel -
Salvation Beside the Sea
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 - 18 September 2011; (p. 22)
— Review of The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel -
In Short : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Play Abandoned 2011 single work novel ; Triptych : An Erotic Adventure 2011 selected work short story ; The Briny Cafe 2011 single work novel -
Sense of Community
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2011; (p. 3) -
Sea Change Success Story
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 2 October 2011; (p. 3) -
Duncan to Speak on Pittwater Novel
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Illawarra Mercury , 30 September 2011; (p. 21)