Description |
264 pages ; 20 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
"Bruce Pike, or 'Pikelet', has lived all his short life in a tiny sawmilling town from where the thundering sea can be heard at night. He longs to be down there on the beach, amidst the pounding waves, but for some reason his parents forbid him. It's only when he befriends Loonie, the local wild boy, that he finally defies them." "Intoxicated by the treacherous power of the sea and by their own youthful endurance, the two boys spurn all limits and rules, and fall into the company of adult mentors whose own addictions to risk take them to places they could never have imagined. Caught up in love and friendship and an erotic current he cannot resist, Pikelet faces challenges whose effects will far outlast his adolescence." "Breath is the story of lost youth recollected: its attractions, its compulsions, its moments of heartbreak and of madness. A young man learns what it is to be extraordinary, how to push himself, mind and body, to the limit in terrible fear and exhilaration, and how to mask the emptiness of leaving such intensity -- in love and in life -- behind." -- BOOK JACKET |
Summary |
When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his partner - better than the parents - what happened and how. Thirty years before. that dead boy could have been him |
Notes |
Previously published in hardback: 2008 |
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Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, 2009 |
Subject |
Teenagers -- Australia -- Fiction.
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Australian fiction -- 21st century.
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Australian fiction.
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Australian stories
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Country life -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Fiction.
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Death -- Fiction.
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Emergency medical technicians -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Human behavior -- Fiction.
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Male friendship -- Fiction.
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Suicide -- Fiction.
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Surfers -- Fiction.
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Surfing -- Australia -- Fiction.
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Teenage boys -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Fiction.
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Teenagers -- Fiction.
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Young men -- Fiction.
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Young men -- Psychology -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100473
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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ISBN |
9780143009580 (paperback) |
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