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'Have you ever felt the need to start again?
Dumped by text message, Edie flees Sydney for the refuge of her childhood home, taking only a wilting bonsai as a reminder of her failure. But in this small coastal town, shy, awkward Edie has always lived in the shadow of her surf champion father. How can she move on from her ex -- and from her past?
Her best friend and life-coach, Sally, is full of dubious advice, but Edie finds there are many ways to mess things up all by herself. A new-found talent for erotic writing, a job drawing crab larvae, unrequited lust for a professor with hidden depths and a maddening musician with troubles of his own add to her swag of problems. And then things get complicated ...
A tender and witty tale about finding your voice, falling in love ... and crab sex.' (Publisher's blurb)
Dumped by text message, Edie flees Sydney for the refuge of her childhood home, taking only a wilting bonsai as a reminder of her failure. But in this small coastal town, shy, awkward Edie has always lived in the shadow of her surf champion father. How can she move on from her ex -- and from her past?
Her best friend and life-coach, Sally, is full of dubious advice, but Edie finds there are many ways to mess things up all by herself. A new-found talent for erotic writing, a job drawing crab larvae, unrequited lust for a professor with hidden depths and a maddening musician with troubles of his own add to her swag of problems. And then things get complicated ...
A tender and witty tale about finding your voice, falling in love ... and crab sex.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For Tim. My webmaster and film director extraordinaire.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Fish out of Water
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , March no. 227 2013; (p. 14) -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 January 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel -
In Short: Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 December 2012; (p. 18) The Saturday Age , 29 December 2012; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel
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In Short: Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 December 2012; (p. 18) The Saturday Age , 29 December 2012; (p. 24) The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel -
Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 January 2013; (p. 30)
— Review of Sex, Lies and Bonsai 2013 single work novel -
The Fish out of Water
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , March no. 227 2013; (p. 14)
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