The lunar coast

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Published 20100601
ISBN: 9781921656163
Extent: 264 pp
Paperback (234 x 153mm)

I WAS SEVENTEEN when the tide went out. I felt it in my lungs. At the height of its run, my breath snared in my chest. I clutched my school shirt, gasped.

‘Lee?’ Alex gripped my shoulder. ‘What’s wrong?’

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