The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle / Sophie Green.
Publication details: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019.Description: 427 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 0733641164
- 9780733641169
- Female friendship
- Self-realization in women
- Swimming
- Women
- Swimming -- Australia -- Fiction
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction
- Women -- Australia -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Suburban life -- Australia -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women -- Conduct of life -- Australia -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Women -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Fiction
- Self-realization in women -- Fiction
- Women swimmers -- Fiction
- Swimming -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Fiction
- A823.4 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | GRE | Available | 069767 |
Includes questions for discussion.
"Fulfilling and Australian as a lamb roast and full-bodied shiraz." -- Front cover.
"It's the summer of 1982. The Man from Snowy River is a box office hit and Paul Hogan is on the TV. In a seaside suburb of NSW, housewife Theresa Howard takes up swimming. She wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise each day she strikes out past the waves. From the same beach, the widowed Marie swims. With her husband gone, bathing is the one constant in her new life. After finding herself in a desperate situation, 26-year-old Leanne only has herself to rely on. She became a nurse to help others, even as she resists help herself. Elaine has recently moved from England. Far from home without her adult sons, her closest friend is a gin bottle. In the waters of Shelly Bay, these four women find each other. They will survive shark sightings, bluebottle stings and heartbreak; they will laugh so hard they swallow water, and they will plunge their tears into the ocean's salt. They will find solace and companionship in their friendship circle, and learn that love takes many forms." -- Back cover.
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