Dancing On Coral

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Lark Watter had always planned to run away from her stifling suburban life in 1960s Sydney. At university she encounters an American, Tom, and with him the promise of escape. Following Tom to the other side of the world by freighter is a journey to freedom - but the adventure Lark has embarked on isn't quite what she had anticipated. Not on the way there, and certainly not in New York. A picaresque journey across the high seas and through the extremes of the '60s, Dancing on Coral was Glenda Adams' second novel and established her international reputation.

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'A comic epic and sharp satire...a voyage of liberation.' Elizabeth Jolley 'An ebullient comedy...wonderfully satisfying and enriching.' Kate Grenville 'A wicked and witty novel.' Sydney Morning Herald 'Exudes elegant malice.' Guardian 'Would that all novelists today were so spry.' Chicago Tribune 'With wry humour and a light hand, Adams tells the story of a young woman who, like the author in the 1960s, makes the journey by cargo boat from Sydney to an expatriate life in New York. The eponymous dancing on coral occurs in mid-ocean and is closely followed by a betrayal whose shadow hangs over the rest of the novel.' Australian Book Review, Best Books 2013

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