Octopus and I / Erin Hortle
- Bib ID:
- 8414745
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hortle, Erin, author
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2020
- 360 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781760875640 (paperback)
- 1760875643 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"Lucy and Jem live on the Tasman Peninsula near Eaglehawk Neck, where Lucy is recovering from major surgery. As she tries to navigate her new body through the world, she develops a deep fascination with the local octopuses, and in doing so finds herself drawn towards the friendship of an old woman and her son. As the story unfolds, the octopuses come to shape Lucy's body and her sense of self in ways even she can't quite understand. The Octopus and I is a stunning debut novel that explores the wild, beating heart at the intersection of human and animal, love and loss, fear and hope."--Back cover.
- Notes:
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- Illustrated end papers.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Mastectomy -- Patients -- Fiction
- Married people -- Fiction
- Authors, Australian -- Tasmania -- 21st century
- Australian fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
- Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Rehabilitation -- Fiction
- Octopuses -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Eaglehawk Neck (Tas.) -- Fiction
- Tasmania -- Fiction
- Tasman Peninsula (Tas.) -- Fiction
- Australian
- Genre/Form:
- Australian stories
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2020
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