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y separately published work icon Breathing Under Water single work   novel   young adult  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Breathing Under Water
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'If you love stories by John Green, Rainbow Rowell or Melina Marchetta you will love this story.

'Nineteen minutes and eleven seconds separated us at birth. On the official documentation, he is older . . . Although it really has nothing to do with age. What it really means is that I am, and have always been, second.

'Ben and Grace Walker are twins. Growing up in a sleepy coastal town it was inevitable they'd surf. Always close, they hung out more than most brothers and sisters, surfing together for hours as the sun melted into the sea. At seventeen, Ben is a rising surf star, the golden son and the boy all the girls fall in love with. Beside him, Grace feels like she is a mere reflection of his light. In their last year of school, the world beckons, full of possibility. For Grace, finishing exams and kissing Harley Matthews is just the beginning.

'Then, one day, the unthinkable. The sun sets at noon and suddenly everything that was safe and predictable is lost. And everything unravels.

'Breathing Under Water is a lyrical and emotionally powerful novel about life, death and learning to breathe in between.' (Publication summary)

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Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Mental depression.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view First person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2016 .
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      Extent: 320p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 12 July 2016
      ISBN: 9780733634857

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Review : Breathing Under Water Emma Stubley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of Breathing Under Water Sophie Hardcastle , 2016 single work novel
Review : Breathing Under Water Emma Stubley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , August 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of Breathing Under Water Sophie Hardcastle , 2016 single work novel
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