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Published: August 2009
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The Sea Bed follows the journey of a Buddhist monk, who leaves the safe predictability of his mountain monastery and ventures into the world to carry out a fellow monk's dying request.

When he encounters abalone diving women in a remote coastal village, he is torn between dedication to his task and surrendering to desire. While the monk skirts around the edges of the sea women community, at its heart is Chicken, a young diver witnessing the extinction of a way of life that has been her family's for generations.

If only her sister Lilli returned, perhaps somehow that would bring renewal. But the past and its secrets weigh heavily on Lilli and she had her own reasons for disappearing all those years ago. Each of these characters is locked in their own isolation, yet their stories are connected in deep and sometimes surprising ways.

A beautifully observed, lucid and evocative novel, The Sea Bed is an illuminating story of love, family and change.

ISBN: 9781741758412
ISBN-10: 1741758416
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 296
Published: August 2009
Publisher: ALLEN & UNWIN ACADEMIC
Dimensions (cm): 20.7 x 14.9  x 2.286
Weight (kg): 0.29