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The Turning | [Tim Winton]
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The Turning

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  • by Tim Winton
  • Narrated by Humphrey Bower, Caroline Lee

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  • LENGTH
    10 hrs and 42 mins
  • RELEASE DATE
    10-31-08
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Publisher's Summary

2007 Audie Award finalist. From the internationally acclaimed and best-selling author of Dirt Music comes an outstanding work of fiction that will resonate with readers everywhere.

Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves. Beautifully crafted, and as tender as they are confronting, these elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through.

©2004 Tim Winton; (P)2005 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

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"Plot and prose combine to create what might just come close to being the perfect Australian novel." (Herald Sun)

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    Karen Westbury, Australia 03-02-12
    Karen Westbury, Australia 03-02-12 Member Since 2007
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    "It just got better and better"

    This book is less a collection of short stories and more a series of glimpses into the events that changed the nature of a small seaside town during the 1970s. The glimpses are presented through the eyes of different characters, all at varying points of time and each one gradually adds to the picture. Just like a jigsaw. Initially, just like a jigsaw, the pieces seem only vaguely connected and some don't seem to fit at all. Then at the half way point it all starts coming together. This gradual revelation of major plot developments from different points of view is very gripping and Tim Wintons wonderful frank and beautiful descriptive style keep the book flowing. My only gripe is that there is one story theme that really does seem to be a jigsaw piece from another box and I really want to know what happened.

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    Karen Alice Springs Australia 10-22-09
    Karen Alice Springs Australia 10-22-09
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    True Tim Winton stuff, real ozzie and down right honest, great for travelling with.

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