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Justin D’Ath’s Pool is a beautifully modulated novel that explores adolescent transitions and discoveries in seamless prose. Sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen works at the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria, where pilgrims from across the world travel to test the waters’ curative powers. In the course of a long hot summer, Wolfgang is forced to confront his own strengths and limitations. D’Ath juxtaposes intriguing characters, metaphors and events - a blind girl, a black butterfly, a tragic 18-year-old mystery - to create a truly original work. Pool is a powerful and moving novel about love, death, faith and family.
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One of twelve children, Justin D’Ath grew up on a farm in New Zealand. Most evenings he and his brothers read aloud or told stories to each other. ‘We didn’t have TV, so we learned to use our imaginations.’ He has also studied to be a priest, picked fruit, built cars, mined for iron and worked in a sugar mill. Justin’s novels have been published in many countries, including Italy, Germany and Denmark. He lives near a river in Flowerdale, in the hills north of Melbourne. Visit his website at: http://www.justindath.com
Review
Short-listed for the 2008 Victoria Prize for Young Adult Fiction
‘A thoroughly absorbing piece of teen literature with issues handled realistically and sensitively.’
‘D’Ath is an accomplished writer who can construct a story very well and this one does not disappoint.’
‘This is a wonderful read that will appear to girls and boys over fourteen.’
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- PublisherFord st Pub Pty Ltd
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1876462515
- ISBN 13 9781876462512
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages297
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