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Layne Beachley
Beneath The Waves
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See moreLayne Beachley's story is about the skinny little girl who overcame a king tide of obstacles, from chronic fatigue and depression to debilitating injury and family tragedy, to become an icon in the male-dominated world of competitive surfing. It is also a story of loss, redemption and the search for identity.
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Layne Beachley is the story of a skinny little girl who overcame a tide of obstacles, ranging from chronic fatigue and depression to debilitating injury and family tragedy, to become an icon in the male-dominated world of competitive surfing.
As the winner of a record seven women's world championships, Layne also blazed trails in the mountainous waves of Hawaii's outer reefs, earning respect where it mattered most— in the water.
Beneath the surface of her happy, positive public persona lies a story of loss, redemption and the search for identity. The book reveals how Layne and her birth mother, Maggie, found each other twenty-seven years after her birth, detailing the highs and many lows in their quest for reconciliation and the dark secret of Maggie's past.
This is also a love story, describing how Layne fell in and out of love with Hawaiian big-wave rider Ken Bradshaw and ultimately found true happiness with INXS rock star Kirk Pengilly.
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ISBN: 9781741666779
Publisher: Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2009
Country: Australia
Imprint: Ebury Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 194.0mm
Weight: 256g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Michael Gordon joined The Age as a 17-year-old cadet and has worked for the paper for more than two decades in roles ranging from surf writer and sports editor to national editor and deputy editor of The Sunday Age. He has also been New York correspondent for the Melbourne Herald and political editor of The Australian. A Walkley award winner, his books include A True Believer, Paul Keating; Reconciliation, A Journey; and Freeing Ali, the Human Face of the Pacific Solution. In March 2006, Michael Gordon won the 2005 Graham Perkin Award for Journalist of The Year for journalistic excellence for his report in April 2005 of the 'forgotten' 54 refugees detained on Nauru. In February 2007, Michael was appointed Saturday editor.
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