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'Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast of Tasmania. With their mum dead, they are left to look after themselves. When Miles isn't helping out on the boat they explore the coast and Miles and his older brother, Joe, love to surf. Harry is afraid of the water.
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.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To Linda - for always listening.
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Epigraph:
It would be vain of me to attempt to describe my feelings when beheld this lonely harbour lying at the world's end, separated as it were from the rest of the universe - 'twas nature and nature in her wildest mood...
-Admiral D'Entrecasteau, 1792
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
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Favel Parrett's Past the Shadows
Seven Hills
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Five Senses Education
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2018
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2018
single work
criticism
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A Friendship Tested in the Shadow of Death
My Favourite Novel
2013
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column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 20-21) -
Avoiding the Water : Aggressive Men and Unhappy Families
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Womens Book Review , vol. 25 no. 1 2013; (p. 29-31)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Reading & Viewing
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 48 no. 1 2013; (p. 99-104)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel ; Crow Country 2011 single work children's fiction ; Froi of the Exiles 2011 single work novel ; When We Were Two 2011 single work novel ; Black Spring 2012 single work novel ; Indo Dreaming 2005 single work novel ; Quintana of Charyn 2012 single work novel -
An Iceberg in Treacherous Waters : Favel Parrett’s Past the Shallows
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 June 2012;
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel
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[Review] Past the Shallows
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 90 no. 7 2011; (p. 32)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Nothing Shallow in Powerful Debut
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7- 8 May 2011; (p. 23)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Surfer Turned Author Takes 'Dark, Small, Grim' Novel Past Shallows and on to Bookstands
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 May 2011; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Fiction Reviews
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 May 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 May 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Roving Party 2011 single work novel ; Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
Interview : Favel Parrett
Linda Morris
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 May 2011; (p. 28-29) -
Authors Stay on Track
2011
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column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 18 December 2011; (p. 7) -
Miles Franklin Longlist Has Room for Both Genders
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 March 2012; (p. 5) -
When a Writer Indulges Her Surfing Passion 'a Magic Thing Happens'
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 29 March 2012; (p. 3)
— Review of Past the Shallows 2011 single work novel -
A Big Day for...Aussie Authors
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4 May 2012; (p. 16)
Awards
- 2013 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — UTS Award for New Writing
- 2012 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
- 2012 shortlisted Australian Booksellers Association Awards — Booksellers Choice Award
- 2012 winner Kibble Literary Awards — Nita May Dobbie Award
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