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'Cathy arrives in Alice Springs from cattle country, looking for a new way to live. But new is a serious challenge for a girl who's used to being measured by her actions, not her feelings. Feelings are slippery, like water. Hard to hold onto.
Jay is working for the local radio station, far from his own saltwater people, wary of this no-water country. He's searching for something, trying to survive.
Margie is a wild city girl, up for a good time, confronted by a world she's never known and a friend she can't always understand.
When lives collide at the heart of the country, no one stays unchanged.' - back cover
'More than a love story, this is a bold, confronting book about friendship, love, sex and identity at the heart of Australia, where black and white, bush and city collide.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: for my father/ and/ for my sister/ for family/ and homeland/ and for love
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Epigraph: 'love is a river/ deep and wide/ love is a river/ it's got two sides/ might be raging/ might run dry/ but love is a river/ Sweet river of life' - Shane Howard
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The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008
2008
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9) -
[Review] Love Like Water
2007
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 15 no. 1 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Love Like Water
2007
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 22 no. 2 2007; (p. 43)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
[Review] Love Like Water
2007
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— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , April no. 1 2007; (p. 21)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
Goodbye and Hello
2007
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 291 2007; (p. 55-57)
— Review of Teeth Marks 2007 single work novel ; Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; Destroying Avalon 2006 single work novel ; Loop 2006 selected work short story
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[Review] Love Like Water
2007
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February vol. 86 no. 6 2007; (p. 23)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
Breaching the Divide
2007
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 10 - 11 March 2007; (p. 27)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
Where Nothing is Black and White
2007
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 33)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; Break of Day 2007 single work novel -
Race, Love and Place
2007
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— Appears in: The Age , 31 March 2007; (p. 24)
— Review of Love Like Water 2007 single work novel -
Soapy Sheen to Leading Ladies' Emotional Journeys
2007
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 April 2007; (p. 16-17)
— Review of Shearwater 2007 single work novel ; Love Like Water 2007 single work novel ; The Seamstress 2007 single work novel -
Land Rites of Love
2007
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— Appears in: The Age , 3 March 2007; (p. 27) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2008
2008
single work
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 52 no. 3 2008; (p. 3 - 9)
Awards
- Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,