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An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton
Category: Fiction
Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don't understand about Sean's mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl. They think he needs a job ...Show more
An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton
Category: Audio Books
Tim Winton's classic first novel, full of wonderful characterisations and rich and evocative language. From the Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Riders, Cloudstreet and The Turning (also available from Bolinda Audio). Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the ...Show more
An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton; Humphrey Bower (Read by)
Category: Audio
An Open Swimmeris a remarkable first novel by one of Australia's most loved and respected writers, Tim Winton. Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But th ...Show more
Blueback by Tim Winton
Category: Fiction
'Winton ... convince s us of the preciousness of our oceans not through lectures but through his characters' steady wonder.' New York TimesAbel Jackson's boyhood belongs to a vanishing world. On an idyllic stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish, he lives a simple, tough existence. It's just him an ...Show more
Blueback by Tim Winton (illus Andrew Davidson)
Category: Fiction
Abel Jackson was ten years old and could never remember a time when he could not dive. His mother said he was a diver before he was born; he floated and swam in the warm ocean inside her for nine months so maybe it came naturally. He had lived by the sea at Longboat Bay his whole life. Every day was spe ...Show more
Blueback by Tim Winton
Category: Fiction
A contemporary ecological fable by multi award-winning author of 'Cloud Street'.
Blueback by Tim Winton
Category: Junior Fiction
Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. He helps his mother each day and loves to dive. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's ever seen.When Abel's mother is approached by developers she decides she must do something to protect their ...Show more
Blueback by Tim Winton
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Abel Jackson's boyhood belongs to a vanishing world. On an idyllic stretch of coast whose waters teem with fish, he lives a simple, tough existence. It's just him and his mother in the house at Longboat Bay, but Abel has friends in the sea, particularly the magnificent old groper he meets when diving. A ...Show more
Blueback (Audio CD x 2) by Tim Winton
Category: Audio Books
A beautifully told fable about a young boy's journey from adolescence into adulthood. Abel Jackson loves to dive. He's a natural in the water. He can't remember a time when he couldn't use a mask and snorkel to glide down into the clear deep. Life is tough out at Longboat Bay. Every day the boy helps hi ...Show more
Blueback (Audio MP3 CD) by WINTON TIM
Category: Audio Books
Abel Jackson loves to dive. He's a natural in the water. He can't remember a time when he couldn't use a mask and snorkel to glide down into the clear deep. Life is tough out at Longboat Bay. Every day the boy helps his mother earn their living from the sea and the land. It's hard work but Abel has the ...Show more