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Raw Blue - Kirsty Eagar
Raw Blue
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Award-winning novel?by Kirsty Eagar, author of Saltwater Vampires and Night Beach. Raw Blue was awarded?the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction prize. Readers?of Tim Winton's Breath?will be drawn to?Kirsty Eagar's?Raw Blue, an achingly beautiful?young adult?novel set in... show more
Award-winning novel?by Kirsty Eagar, author of Saltwater Vampires and Night Beach. Raw Blue was awarded?the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction prize. Readers?of Tim Winton's Breath?will be drawn to?Kirsty Eagar's?Raw Blue, an achingly beautiful?young adult?novel set in Sydney's northern beaches.?Winner of?the 2010?Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, it is a haunting story?about finding your passion in life. Carly has dropped out of uni to?spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly caf?. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing ... and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago. Then she meets Ryan and Carly has to decide.?Will she?let the past bury her? Or?can she?let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy? Check out Kirsty Eagar's?website at www.kirstyeagar.com,?and read her?blog?to find out about her thoughts on books, writing, music, surfing, and finding inspiration, or visit betweenthelines.com.au -?the destination for Young Adult books. Praise for Raw Blue: 'Kirsty Eagar's fearless Raw Blue, a story of regeneration set on Sydney's northern beaches, is much more than just a promising debut: this one delivers.' Australian Book Review - Best Books of 2009: Critics' Choices 'Kirsty Eagar's first novel explores dark territory with skill and sensitivity.' The Age 'An emotionally rich and powerful first novel.' Canberra Times? 'If you only read one book this year ... it should be Kirsty Eagar's Raw Blue . one of those kept-me-up-all-night novels that stays in your bones and sings in your ears long after you've finished it. It wouldn't be out of place next to Tim Winton's Breath, except this is the ocean as healer, not as an object to be conquered, or the site of self-destruction, of risk. The images crackle, the lines are full of the poetry of observation, the story is searing, gutting, beautiful. This should be compulsory reading for all teenagers - especially b
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Format: kindle
ISBN: 9780857965707
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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Word Revel
Word Revel rated it
4.0 Raw Blue
Raw Blue is one of those books with a very apt title. It indeed is a raw book. It's a book about finding yourself, dealing with or avoiding the past (whichever way you see it) and coming to terms with family differences. There're a lot of reasons for Carly to be down but she has one escape: surfing....
My Love of Books
My Love of Books rated it
3.0
3.5 - 4 StarsI really enjoyed Raw Blue. I think it depicts Carly's struggles to find herself and to find the strength to continue on with life really well. My only problem is I feel I didn't get to know the characters well enough.
Andi's ABCs
Andi's ABCs rated it
4.5I have never felt so alone for some one in my life. Carly, I just want to hug you! Would have been a 5 but just a little too much surf speak for my liking. Review to come.
Quite Spectacular
Quite Spectacular rated it
5.0
Flamin' Nora, mate - what a read! I have never met an Australian book I didn't end up loving (let's just forget I ever owned The Slap) but this is definitely one of the best. Raw, funny and I'm now talking in an Aussie accent. Great stuff.
Rashika, The Book Owl
Rashika, The Book Owl rated it
3.0 Raw Blue by Kristy Eagar
I'd like to give this a higher rating but I cannot. It probably does deserve a higher rating but I never felt the spark, I couldn't connect. There was no revelation or something. I guess we know what this book was about but really... I don't know.Is it about what happened to her?Is it about her situ...
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