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Published by Fig Tree/ Penguin Group, Australia, 2009
ISBN 10: 1905490232ISBN 13: 9781905490233
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
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Soft cover. Condition: Good to Worn.
Published by Fig Tree / Penguin, Australia, 2006
ISBN 10: 0670916501ISBN 13: 9780670916504
Seller: Leura Books, Bowral, NSW, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. It is the story of Humphrey Clark and Ailsa Kelman, now in their sixties and traveling--separately--to receive honorary degrees from a university in Ornemouth, a town on the North Sea. They met in Ornemouth when they were children, spent one summer together along with a local boy, Sandy Clegg, and Ailsa's brother, Tommy. It was that kind of summer which, however brief, has a bearing on the rest of one's life. Humphrey Clark's introduction to the sea sets him on his career path. Newly minted personalities were coming into being, the cruelty of children was all around, every moment was writ large in the minds of all of them, especially Humphrey.Now, more than 50 years have passed and both Ailsa and Humphrey are reminiscing--Ailsa, typically, on an airplane, and Humphrey, just as typically, on a train. Their accounts of the last 50-plus years are unsparing, recounting their successes and failures, the places where their lives intersected and the results of those meetings, their professional and personal lives--all that has brought them to this day. Their memories are attenuated through the prism of their individual differences of temperament and interests. Humphrey is an innocent and a bit of a plodder, having made his name as a marine biologist, while Ailsa, the feminist, is a wild card: "Ailsa Kelman lacks method, but what she lacks in method she makes up for in energy and originality and output and panache." They could not be more different, but when did that ever stand in the way of connection? They have been brought to this ceremony by Sandy Clegg, now Alistair Macfarlane, whose own story is worth knowing. 346 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0670916501. ISBN/EAN: 9780670916504. Inventory No: 250179.
Published by Fig Tree/ Penguin Group, Australia, 2012
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
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Soft cover. Condition: Good to Worn - Curled Corners. First Australian.
Published by Fig Tree/ Penguin Group, Australia, 2009
ISBN 10: 1905490232ISBN 13: 9781905490233
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
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Soft cover. Condition: Good - Some Wear.
Published by Fig Tree/ Penguin Group, Australia, 2007
ISBN 10: 0670916382ISBN 13: 9780670916382
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
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Soft cover. Condition: Good - some Wear, Marks.
Published by Fig Tree, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2006
Seller: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Softcover, first thus, 282gms, 250 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Published by Fig Tree, Camberwell, VIC, Australia, 2006
ISBN 10: 0670915955ISBN 13: 9780670915958
Seller: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Medium Softcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Medium softcover, first thus, 282gms, 250 pages. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and heavy page discolouration throughout. Small corner has been clipped out of the inside front page, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.
Published by Fig Tree, Australia, 2009
ISBN 10: 190549047XISBN 13: 9781905490479
Seller: Berry Books, Berry, NSW, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Minor Creases in Cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 190549047X. ISBN/EAN: 9781905490479. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 37677.