‘She’s going now,’ said Henry Watter if he said anything at all. Or, ‘It’s a tricky place, the world.You’ve got to be sharp to manage it.“Leave her be. She’ll be back,’ said Mrs Watter. ‘This isher home. She knows that.’
Lark Watter had always planned to run away from her stifling suburban life in 1960s Sydney. Atuniversity she encounters an American, Tom, and with him the promise of escape. Following Tomto the other side of the world by freighter is a journey to freedom-but the adventure Lark hasembarked on isn’t quite what she had anticipated. Not on the way there, and certainly not in NewYork…
A picaresque journey across the high seas and through the extremes of the ‘60s, Dancing onCoral was Glenda Adams’ second novel and established her international reputation.
This new edition comes with an introduction by Susan Wyndham.