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From the author of Rain and Featherstone comes a story of a sun-drenched, sea-soaked day which changes a boy''s life forever.

At the start of a summer''s day, Ward is waiting on the beach. His friend, Alex, wants him to come to a party at Alison''s where there''ll be girls and drinks and the possibilities of fun. But Ward is shy and self conscious and struggling to move from under the weight of his powerful father. He''d rather wait on the beach for the surf to come up. As the the sun moves towards its highest point and the girls'' laughter carries along the wind towards Ward, the tide changes and Ward is faced with a dramatic event that will change his life forever.

This beautiful and intense coming-of-age story captures perfectly the discomforts and challenges of being fifteen years old with the world stretching out in front of you. Sensual, heady, as though dazed by the heat of her pages, Gunn slowly unfolds a tale of danger and sexuality, of mothers

The Boy and the Sea

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    A Paperback / softback by Kirsty Gunn

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 18 May 2006
      ISBN-13 9780571230198
      978-0571230198
      ISBN-10 0571230199

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the author of Rain and Featherstone comes a story of a sun-drenched, sea-soaked day which changes a boy''s life forever.

      At the start of a summer''s day, Ward is waiting on the beach. His friend, Alex, wants him to come to a party at Alison''s where there''ll be girls and drinks and the possibilities of fun. But Ward is shy and self conscious and struggling to move from under the weight of his powerful father. He''d rather wait on the beach for the surf to come up. As the the sun moves towards its highest point and the girls'' laughter carries along the wind towards Ward, the tide changes and Ward is faced with a dramatic event that will change his life forever.

      This beautiful and intense coming-of-age story captures perfectly the discomforts and challenges of being fifteen years old with the world stretching out in front of you. Sensual, heady, as though dazed by the heat of her pages, Gunn slowly unfolds a tale of danger and sexuality, of mothers

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