That Oceanic FeelingAllen & Unwin, 2003 - 288 pages A captivating memoir that explores the lure of the sea and the author's love affair with surfing. |
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... young . Apart from the Bass Strait and Westernport coastline , it was the only wild bit of the Mornington Peninsula left . Until 1988 this area was an army officer cadet training school and closed to the public . I had only ever seen ...
... young . Apart from the Bass Strait and Westernport coastline , it was the only wild bit of the Mornington Peninsula left . Until 1988 this area was an army officer cadet training school and closed to the public . I had only ever seen ...
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... young child ; life had settled into a comfortable routine . And yet , when sitting in the local park watching the other parents playing with their children , I would be gripped by a quiet feeling of panic . During holidays , as I 4.
... young child ; life had settled into a comfortable routine . And yet , when sitting in the local park watching the other parents playing with their children , I would be gripped by a quiet feeling of panic . During holidays , as I 4.
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... young woman I had once been remained disdainful of the life I had chosen to lead , and I could never throw off the feeling that I was only half alive when I was away from the sea . Waves loomed in my dreams . I would be standing at the ...
... young woman I had once been remained disdainful of the life I had chosen to lead , and I could never throw off the feeling that I was only half alive when I was away from the sea . Waves loomed in my dreams . I would be standing at the ...
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Fiona Capp. office in the inner city or at home looking after my young son . The storm that had brushed me on my way down was now unleashing a flash flood on Melbourne , having by - passed Torquay like a travelling show hellbent on ...
Fiona Capp. office in the inner city or at home looking after my young son . The storm that had brushed me on my way down was now unleashing a flash flood on Melbourne , having by - passed Torquay like a travelling show hellbent on ...
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... young woman - its sense of rebellion , its defiant existentialism , its rejection of the routines of mainstream life , its celebration of the uncontrollable power of the sea . For all the folly of revisiting the romantic dreams of my ...
... young woman - its sense of rebellion , its defiant existentialism , its rejection of the routines of mainstream life , its celebration of the uncontrollable power of the sea . For all the folly of revisiting the romantic dreams of my ...
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References to this book
A Shifting Shore: Locals, Outsiders, and the Transformation of a French ... Alice Garner Limited preview - 2005 |