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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Sea Bed
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'A novel of desire, duty and secrets, The Sea Bed follows the journey of a Buddhist monk who leaves the safe predictability of his mountain monastery and ventures into the world to carry out a fellow monk's dying request. When he encounters abalone diving women in a remote coastal village he is torn between dedication to his task and surrendering to desire.

'While the monk skirts around the edges of the sea women community, at its heart is Chicken, a young diver witnessing the extinction of a way of life that has been her family's for generations. If only her sister Lilli returned, perhaps somehow that would bring renewal.

'But the past and its secrets weigh heavily on Lilli and she had her own reasons for disappearing all those years ago. Each of these characters is locked in their own isolation, yet their stories are connected in deep and sometimes surprising ways.' (from the publisher's website)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 288p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2009
      ISBN: 9781741758412

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Works about this Work

Reticent Writing Christine Edwards , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 21 no. 2 2009;

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
The Enduring Allure of Fable Rebecca Starford , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26 September 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel ; The River Wife Heather Rose , 2009 single work novel
[Review] The Sea Bed Candice Cappe , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 89 no. 1 2009; (p. 41)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
Wandering Sense of Wonder Bron Sibree , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 11)
Enter a World of Temptation Claire Scobie , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 August 2009; (p. 30)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
Modernity Mocks Life's Certainties Alan Gold , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 August 2009; (p. 12-13)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
[Review] The Sea Bed Katharine England , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 August 2009; (p. 24)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel ; Bloke Bruce Pascoe , 2009 single work novel
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 16 August 2009; (p. 25)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
Diving for Pearls Bron Sibree , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel
Take Three Ian McFarlane , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 30 August 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Sea Bed Marele Day , 2009 single work novel ; Bloke Bruce Pascoe , 2009 single work novel
Wandering Sense of Wonder Bron Sibree , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 2009; (p. 11)
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