Past the shallows
By: Favel Parrett
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780733626579
Subjects: Australian fiction; Fishing; Fiction
Description: Brothers Joe, Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast of Tasmania. Everyday their dad battles the unpredictable ocean to make a living. He is a hard man, a bitter drinker who harbours a devastating secret that is destroying him. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to leave home and so are forced to live under the dark cloud of their father's mood, trying to stay as invisible as possible whenever he is home. Harry, the youngest, is the most vulnerable and it seems he bears the brunt of his father's anger...