Past the Shallows
Brothers Joe, Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast of Tasmania. Everyday their dad battles the unpredictable ocean to make a living. He is a hard man, a bitter drinker who harbours a devastating secret that is destroying him. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to leave home and so are forced to live under the dark cloud of their father's mood, trying to stay as invisible as possible whenever he is home. Harry, the youngest, is the most vulnerable and it seems he bears the brunt of his father's anger...
254 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2011 by Hachette Australia · ISBN 9780733626579
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2 editions
English
- Past the shallows · Hachette Australia · 2011 · ISBN 9780733626579 This page
- Past the shallows · Simon and Schuster · 2014 · ISBN 9781476754871
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