Dancing on Coral

Glenda Adams, Susan Wyndham

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Text Publishing Company
01 July 2013

'She's going now,' said Henry Watter if he said anything at all. Or, 'It's a tricky place, the world.

You've got to be sharp to manage it.''Leave her be. She'll be back,' said Mrs Watter. 'This isher home. She knows that.'

Lark Watter had always planned to run away from her stifling suburban life in 1960s Sydney. Atuniversity she encounters an American, Tom, and with him the promise of escape. Following Tomto the other side of the world by freighter is a journey to freedom-but the adventure Lark hasembarked on isn't quite what she had anticipated. Not on the way there, and certainly not in NewYork...

A picaresque journey across the high seas and through the extremes of the '60s, Dancing onCoral was Glenda Adams' second novel and established her international reputation.

This new edition comes with an introduction by Susan Wyndham.

By: Glenda Adams
Introduction by: Susan Wyndham
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781922147110
ISBN 10: 1922147117
Publication Date: 01 July 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Dancing on Coral

`A wicked and witty novel.' * Sydney Morning Herald * 'With wry humour and a light hand, Adams tells the story of a young woman who, like the author in the 1960s, makes the journey by cargo boat from Sydney to an expatriate life in New York. The eponymous dancing on coral occurs in mid-ocean and is closely followed by a betrayal whose shadow hangs over the rest of the novel.' * Australian Book Review, Best Books 2013 * `Would that all novelists today were so spry.' * Chicago Tribune * `Exudes elegant malice.' * Guardian * `An ebullient comedy...wonderfully satisfying and enriching.' * Kate Grenville * `A comic epic and sharp satire...a voyage of liberation.' * Elizabeth Jolley *