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Only the ocean - Natasha Carthew

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Title
Only the ocean
Author
Natasha Carthew
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Young Adult
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20190808

Breath-takingly fierce, smart and tender, Only the Ocean is a story of survival and courage in the midst of darkness that will thrill fans of Patrick Ness and Sarah Crossan.The two girls sat at opposite ends of the boat and Kel dug and stretched the oars into the ocean like her life depended upon it because it did. 'Just so you know,' said Rose, 'everything, and I mean everything, is your fault.'Kel Crow lives in a dead-end swamp with her deadbeat family and a damaged heart. But she has a plan to escape. It's a one-two-three fortune story that goes: stow away on the ship, kidnap the girl, swap the girl to pay for passage to America and a life-saving operation.But the ocean is an untameable force, and wrecks ships and plans alike .Sweet, raw and uncompromising - this is the story of an unforgettable relationship forged on an epic journey.

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Carthew is a working-class country writer from Cornwall, where she lives with her girlfriend. She has written all her books outside, either in the fields and woodland that surround her home or in the cabin that she built from scrap wood. She has written two books of poetry, as well as three novels for young adults, Winter Damage, The Light That Gets Lost and Only the Ocean, all for Bloomsbury. Her first novel for adults, All Rivers Run Free, is published by riverrun/ Quercus. Natasha has written for many publications on the subject of wild writing, including the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, Eco-fiction, TripFiction, the Guardian, the Big Issue and the Dark Mountain Project. Shes currently writing her second literary novel for adults and a new collection of rural poetry.

I was absolutely cheering on Kel and Rose by the end of their stormy salt water odyssey! Wonderful, mesmerising, immersive story telling
Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War

I loved Only the Ocean. It's about a girl who is trying to escape from a dreadful life and an entire deck of cards stacked against her. It's about a girl whose idea of escape and what it could look like has been severely limited by that dreadful life. It's about a dawning sexuality overcoming past trauma and it's about the new, hitherto unimagined, escape routes that love can bring. This all comes wrapped up in Carthew's singular and poetic style, awareness of nature and use of dialect. I thought it was wild and raw and truly, truly beautiful.
Jill Murphy, The Bookbag

Steering clear of well-worn clichs, Carthew's stories cut to the heart of human experience, often portraying and championing life's underdogs and outsiders. What a thrilling, thought-provoking novel this is, brimming with perilous encounters, and the rawness of real-life relationships
LoveReading4Kids

An intriguing LGBTQ story about survival and fortitude, with a fierce protagonist at its heart
Culturefly

A heart-rending quest story about children in a bitterly cold, climate-changed Cornwall, searching for the everyday comforts and love of the world so recently lost
Independent - Praise for WINTER DAMAGE

Gripping stuff, Carthew's prose has a startling ferocity
The Telegraph Best Books of 2015 - Praise for THE LIGHT THAT GETS LOST

A vivid, imagistic language
Financial Times - Praise for THE LIGHT THAT GETS LOST

Type
BOOK
Edition
1st paperback ed
Keyword Index
Young adult fiction.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
257

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