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When it comes to love, Gaelle is careful. But when it comes to friendship, her heart betrays her in unexpected ways.
Fleeing her life with little more than her clothes, her camera and her cosmetics, Gaelle finds herself washed up in the seaside town of Siesta Park. There she meets thirteen-year-old Selena whose friendship, unlooked for and unwanted, helps Gaelle face the legacy of a childhood overshadowed by a charismatic but unreliable mother.
About the Author
Natasha Lester is a tutor in creative writing at Curtin University.
In The Press
Australian Bookseller+Publisher
Lester [adopts] a richer, more fluid writing style, and weav[es] stories into stories to imbue key events with a strange mythical resonance... . An enjoyable book that will appeal to female readers.
Kids Books Review
Natasha Lester paints a beautiful picture ... Lester has very carefully carved a multifaceted heroine you can't help but feel for and love.
Overland Literary Journal
... avoids the danger of simplicity by using the sparse events and characters to crystallise the concern centred on Gaelle.
The Age
Luminous and delicate, clean and alive ... Lester can write prose of overwhelming beauty and suggestive power. ... this haunting, wise book heralds the arrival of a remarkable Australian talent.
Australian Women Online
A beautifully written, sensitive book ... It is at its strongest in the interplay of metaphor and visual imagery; an interplay that leaves the reader with an enduring sense of richness.
ISBN: 9781921696084
ISBN-10: 1921696087
Number Of Pages: 227
Publisher: FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE PRE
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Dimensions (cm): 1.905 x 13.97
x 20.32
Weight (kg): 0.249
Audience:
Teenager / Young Adult
