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Description
Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don't understand about Sean's mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl. They think he needs a job, but what Jerra is searching for is more elusive. Only the sea, and perhaps the old man who lives in a shack beside it, can help.An Open Swimmer is the remarkable first novel by award-winning author Tim Winton.
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LibraryThing member Ardwick
Hard to get into story about two friends who aren't getting on so well after they leave school. They go on a fishing holiday on an abandoned area only to find that a hermit lives there. There's a secret that drives the two apart and causes real difficulties for one of the friends. Things are slowly
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unveiled as the story goes on, but if anything things get even more complicated. Show Less
Awards
Australian/Vogel Literary Award (Winner — 1981)