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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Words in Deep Blue
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'Second-hand bookshops are full of mysteries

'This is a love story.

'It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets, to words.

'It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea.

'Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's looking for the future in the books people love, and the words that they leave behind.

'Sometimes you need the poets

'The new novel from the award-winning author of Graffiti Moon.' (Publication summary)

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Knopf ,
      2017 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781101937662, 1101937661
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Ember ,
      2018 .
      image of person or book cover 6272235803016731942.jpg
      This image has been sourced from online.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781101937679, 110193767X
Alternative title: Donkerblauwe woorden
Language: Dutch
    • Amsterdam,
      c
      Netherlands,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Young & Awesome ,
      2017 .
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      Extent: 293p.p.
      ISBN: 9789025872670, 9025872670

Works about this Work

The Gifts of Grieving Karen Hardy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
Precious Gifts in the Mail Karen Hardy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2016; (p. 12)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
Review : Words in Deep Blue Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2016; (p. 40)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
Trisha’s Best of 2016 Trisha Buckley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;

— Review of The Sidekicks Will Kostakis , 2016 single work novel ; Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
In Love with Literary Allusions Joy Lawn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking Kate Mildenhall , 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish Mardi McConnochie , 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand Garth Nix , 2016 single work novel
Precious Gifts in the Mail Karen Hardy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2016; (p. 12)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
The Gifts of Grieving Karen Hardy , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
In Love with Literary Allusions Joy Lawn , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking Kate Mildenhall , 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish Mardi McConnochie , 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand Garth Nix , 2016 single work novel
Trisha’s Best of 2016 Trisha Buckley , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;

— Review of The Sidekicks Will Kostakis , 2016 single work novel ; Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
Review : Words in Deep Blue Katharine England , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2016; (p. 40)

— Review of Words in Deep Blue Cath Crowley , 2016 single work novel
The Lives of Secondhand Books Cath Crowley , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2016; (p. 18-19)
'‘Books, like lovers or friends, mark and change us. And we, in turn, mark and change them.’ Melbourne novelist CATH CROWLEY writes about her longtime love of secondhand bookshops, and how the histories she found and imagined there led her to write Words in Deep Blue.'
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