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y separately published work icon Isabelle the Navigator single work   novel  
  • Author:agent Luke Davies http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/davies-luke
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Isabelle the Navigator
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

"In her schoolgirl days, Isabelle Airly mastered the high jump, sailing over the bar, weightless, above it all. She moved like the wind that drove the ships of old, an elusive, invisible force carefully charted by mariners. Now, in her thirties, she's having more trouble staying afloat. Her father, a gentle physician, has taken his own life, and Isabelle is sorting out the facts about his arrest for insurance fraud, his descent into madness - and how much he really knew about what was going on all those years between his wife and his brother. At the same time, she is mourning a loss of her own, and exploring her memories of a childhood that might not have been as idyllic as it seemed. If Isabelle can chart her father's course, maybe she can chart her own. And if she cannot stop the force of the wind - or be that force herself - maybe she can at least hitch a ride on it until she lands safely on solid ground."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2000 .
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      Extent: 262p.
      ISBN: 1865083771
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2001 .
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      Extent: 262p.p.
      ISBN: 1865085820(pbk)
Alternative title: Auf den Wellen des Lebens
Language: German

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Sense of Joy and Loss Penelope Davie , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Queen of the Road Owen Richardson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 2001; (p. 7)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Risky Business Sian Powell , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 2000; (p. 10)
Jubilant, Triumphant Charting of the Feminine Cameron Woodhead , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 October 2000; (p. 9)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
On Women and the Wind Rebekah Scott , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2000; (p. 5)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Sense of Joy and Loss Penelope Davie , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Dotlit : The Online Journal of Creative Writing , August vol. 4 no. 1 2003;

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Magellanic Clouds Fiona Giles , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 November vol. 118 no. 6250 2000; (p. 105)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Fading Promise Christopher Bantick , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 31 December 2000; (p. 35)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Queen of the Road Owen Richardson , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 2001; (p. 7)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
On Women and the Wind Rebekah Scott , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 7 October 2000; (p. 5)

— Review of Isabelle the Navigator Luke Davies , 2000 single work novel
Risky Business Sian Powell , 2000 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 October 2000; (p. 10)
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