Blueback by Tim Winton

Blueback by Tim WintonAbel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. he helps his mother each day and loves to dive. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's ever seen. When Abel's mother is approached by developers she decides she must do something to protect their fragile piece of coastline. But can Abel and his mother save Blueback and Longboat Bay in time?

Sashiko expert Harumi Horiuchi shares her ideas for using Boro to patch holes and tears

but a deeply personal one

and rose to the very top of his profession

nudging him towards social reform and magnificent buildings and town planning

But this is only the beginning

Their world has changed

little Hush and Grandma Poss

you might picture a gold prospector as a relic of the Wild West: a TNT-toting

He asks how

her husband

MORE PRAISE'A poignant and compelling read

and discovers new ways of understanding our increasingly dysfunctional relationship with the earth