Words in Deep Blue
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4.5 • 36 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
WINNER INDIE BOOK AWARDS YOUNG ADULT FICTION OF THE YEAR 2017 AND THE GOLD INKY AWARD 2017
Second-hand bookshops are full of mysteries
This is a love story.
It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets, to words.
It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea.
Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's looking for the future in the books people love, and the words that they leave behind.
Sometimes you need the poets
The new novel from the award-winning author of Graffiti Moon.
PRAISE FOR WORDS IN DEEP BLUE
Words in Deep Blue has been named an Honour Book in the Children's Book Council Awards.
"Words in Deep Blue is a beautiful examination of grief, love and the power of words. Told in a dual narrative and littered with excerpts from letters and notes left in books at the shop, Cath Crowley has created a sweeping story about self-discovery and growing up, filled with complicated and flawed characters ... this is a love letter to books and bookshops, to the ocean, to falling in love and finding your way." Bookseller+Publisher
"Cath Crowley's Words in Deep Blue is what dreams are made of ... It's a story that will stay with me forever." Nick and Nereyda's Infinite Booklist
"Would I recommend it? Without a doubt. Words in Deep Blue is a gorgeous novel that'll pull your heart strings, make you giggle and fill you to the brim with different kinds of love." Trust in Tales
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
An iBooks Best of 2016 pick. Cath Crowley’s crossover YA novel is perfect for those who love fossicking in brick-and-mortar bookshops. Henry and Rachel are former besties who had a falling out but reconnect when they start working together at a secondhand bookstore. A sophisticated portrait of infatuation and unrequited love, Words in Deep Blue switches between its 18-year-old protagonists’ viewpoints. Yet it’s the bonus third narrative—the mysterious Letter Library—that sets the story apart. There, random messages left by strangers in selected books echo Henry and Rachel’s romantic awakening. Slowly but oh-so confidently, Crowley’s novel pulls you into its hidden depths.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Eighteen-year-old Rachel, still traumatized by the death of her brother, wants to be far from the ocean where he drowned; she decides to move back to suburban Melbourne, where she grew up, to live with her aunt. Meanwhile, Henry, Rachel's former best friend in Gracetown, is also confronting loss: his girlfriend just broke up with him, and his parents have decided to sell their bookstore, his place of refuge. In this novel set in Australia, mostly at the bookstore, Crowley (Graffiti Moon) effectively conveys the complexities of love, death, and time through Rachel and Henry's alternating narratives, as well as letters and notes pulled from the pages of old books. It's only after Rachel takes a job at the store that she begins to heal, coming to terms with her failures, Cal's death, and her rekindled love for Henry, who is wrapped up getting his girlfriend back. Filled with soul searching and philosophical quips, this book is for thinkers and lovers of literature who, like Rachel and Henry, are passionate about ideas and searching for answers. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
my favourite book
i have read this book over and over and over again. i borrowed it from the library 2 years ago read it and fell in love and knew i had to own it. i waited 1 year before i got it because money was tight and then i was given a voucher for a gift and searched my whole library’s YA section to find it again. since finding it again, I have bought three paper copies, one for myself, one for a friend as a gift and the other because i had lent my own to someone and wanted to read it again while she had it. i haven’t been reading much lately so i downloaded this book on here knowing how much i love this book and it was still just as beautiful and charming. if u love books this is the one for u. it’s book about the love of books