Favel Parrett

There Was Still Love

Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast of Tasmania. With their mum dead, they are left to look after themselves. When Miles isn't helping out on the boat they explore the coast and Miles and his older brother, Joe, love to surf. Harry is afraid of the water. Everyday their dad battles the unpredictable ocean to make a living. He is a hard man, a bitter drinker who harbours a devastating secret that is destroying him. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to leave home and so are forced to live under the dark cloud of their father's mood, trying to stay as invisible as possible whenever he is home. Harry, the youngest, is the most vulnerable and it seems he bears the brunt of his father's anger.

Past the Shallows

Set in Hobart (and Antarctica), this is the beautifully told new novel from bestselling author Favel Parrett. WHEN THE NIGHT COMES tells the story of a young girl, learning what is important in life and who to trust; and of a crewman on the Antarctic supply ship, the Nella Dan, a modern Viking searching to understand his past and find a place in this world for himself. When their paths cross, he teaches her the gift of stillness, of watching birds and shares tales of sailing south to the ice. She shows him what is missing in his life. Though their time together is cut short when his noble ship is lost, the small gifts have been enough to set her path towards the sea. And maybe what they give to each other will mean they can both eventually find their way home.

When the Night Comes

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A young cub is snatched from his family and home by a giant eagle, then dropped, injured and alone, in a suburban garden. This is where he meets his first Human, and begins his long journey to becoming the most famous dingo in the world. He will never see his mountain home again, or his family. But it is his destiny to save alpine dingoes from extinction, and he dreams of a time when all cubs like him can live in the wild in safety, instead of facing poison and bullets and hatred. A children's literary classic in-the-making from one of Australia's most-loved authors.

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Longlisted for The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2015 (Best Fiction Book) Shortlisted for The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2015 Shortlisted for the ABIA Award (Literary Fiction Book of the Year) 2015 Longlisted for The Kibble Literary Award (established writer) 2015 Longlisted for The Australian Literary Studies Gold Medal 2015 'Breathtaking, poignant, hauntingly beautiful' – Rachel Joyce. Bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry From award-winning author of Past The Shallows, Favel Parrett, a story about the moments that save us and the moments that change us. Running away from the mainland was supposed to make their lives better. But, for Isla and her brother, their mother's sadness and the cold, damp greyness of Hobart's stone streets seeps into everything. Then, one morning, Isla sees a red ship. That colour lights her day. And when a sailor from the ship befriends her mother, he shares his stories with them all – of Antarctica, his home in Denmark and life onboard. Like the snow white petrels that survive in the harshest coldest place, this lonely girl at the bottom of the world will learn that it is possible to go anywhere, be anything. But she will also find out that it is just as easy to lose it all. For Isla, those two long summers will change everything. When the Night Comes is an evocative and gently told story about the power fear and kindness have to change lives. 'the richness of Parrett's characters and her descriptive powers will capture your heart' – Australian Women's Weekly 'When the Night Comes combines the realism of early David Malouf with the sombre concision of Dorothy Porter, and is skilfully shaped to make the historical feel truly present' – Books+Publishing 'a haunting and beautiful tale of friendship between a girl and a modern Viking' – Instyle 'The true poetry in Parrett's novel lies in its sense of place and landscape... Parrett is masterful at imbuing such minutiae with psychological insight... Isla and Bo are compassionately rendered and wholly convincing, and we ride the wake of their hurts and joys long after the novel's close' – Australian Book Review 'the gentle power of the narrative carries the conviction of strongly embedded personal experiences... This book has the same poetic cadences and a simple sophistication of expression that makes it eminently readable. This is an evocative story elegantly told that will have special appeal to those who are seafarers, real or imaginary' – Sunday Tasmanian

Der Himmel über uns

"Draußen, jenseits der Untiefen, jenseits der sandbödigen Buchten, kommt das dunkle Wasser - schwarz, kalt und tosend..." Die Brüder Joe, Miles und Harry wachsen an der tasmanischen Küste auf. Ihr Leben ist geprägt vom Meer: vom Muscheltauchen, von den Gezeiten, vom unendlichen Glücksgefühl beim Ritt durch die Wellen. Nur der kleine Harry fürchtet die See und sammelt lieber Meeresschätze am Strand. Fürchten müssen die Jungen auch den Vater, der - ähnlich dem Meer - wild und unberechenbar ist. Keiner durchschaut den verbitterten Mann, den ein dunkles Geheimnis umgibt. Miles sorgt liebevoll für seinen jüngeren Bruder und versucht ihm Geborgenheit zu geben. Aber am Ende reichen brüderliche Fürsorge und Strandschätze nicht aus... Eine unvergessliche Geschichte über das Meer, Geschwisterliebe und die Zerbrechlichkeit junger Menschen.

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