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On remote Rollrock Island, the sea-witch Misskaella discovers she can draw a girl from the heart of a seal. So, for a price, any man might buy himself a bride; an irresistibly enchanting sea-wife. But what cost will be borne by the people of Rollrock ? the men, the women, the children ? once Misskaella sets her heart on doing such a thing? Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire and revenge, of loyalty, heartache and human weakness, and of the unforeseen consequences of all-consuming love.
On remote Rollrock Island, the sea-witch Misskaella discovers she can draw a girl from the heart of a seal. So, for a price, any man might buy himself a bride; an irresistibly enchanting sea-wife. But what cost will be borne by the people of Rollrock ? the men, the women, the children ? once Misskaella sets her heart on doing such a thing? Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire and revenge, of loyalty, heartache and human weakness, and of the unforeseen consequences of all-consuming love.
Award-winning author Margo Lanagan weaves an extraordinary tale of desire and revenge, of loyalty, heartache and human weakness, and of the unforeseen consequences of all-consuming love.
Margo Lanangan is a highly acclaimed writer of novels, short
stories, and poetry and a two-time Printz honour winner. Tender
Morsels was a Michael L. Printz Honour Book, won the World Fantasy
Award for best novel, received five starred reviews and was named a
best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The
Horn Book Magazine, Booklist, The Bulletin, and School Library
Journal. Since her acclaimed debut in the Sydney Theatre Company's
2002 production of The Glass Menagerie, Eloise has worked with the
STC, the MTC, Racing Pulse and numerous independent theatre
companies Australia wide. An avid reader, her Bolinda audiobook
titles range from Ted Prior’s children's classics to Peter Carey’s
literary fiction. Screen credits include Oddball, Hunt Angels, and
the ABC’s The Cut, My Place and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
Paul English is an actor and narrator based in Melbourne who has
appeared in more than 40 productions with major Australian theatre
companies. Some highlights include Shakespeare's Hamlet, Chekhov’s
Ivanov and Stoppard's Arcadia. Paul's television credits include
SeaChange, Curtin and Gallipoli. His narration of Li Cunxin's Mao's
Last Dancer and Coming Rain by Stephen Daisley have both won
AudioFile Earphones Awards.
'Lanagan is in a class of her own.'
*The Weekend Australian*
'[A] finely wrought, disturbing novel.'
*Newtown Review of Books*
'The elegance of Lanagan's sentences and the beauty of the prose
coax us along even as she makes us bear witness to grief. Though
her work is often described as young adult, Sea Hearts, like
Lanagan's previous novel, Tender Morsels, is really a crossover
book, suitable for adults, too.'
*The Sydney Morning Herald*
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