The Beach Caves, Trevor Shearston
The Beach Caves, Trevor Shearston
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The Beach Caves

Author: Trevor Shearston

Narrator: Nicholas Osmond

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2021


Synopsis

It’s 1970, and young Annette Cooley is part of a small team working on an archaeological dig on the New South Wales south coast — a site that appears to prove that Aboriginal societies in the late Holocene were becoming less nomadic, even sedentary. The discovery is thrilling in its significance, and the atmosphere in the group is one of charged excitement. The team is led by a husband-and-wife pair, stars in their field, Aled Wray and Marilyn Herr, and working on their sites promises to be the making of Annette as an archaeologist.
On a new site, linked to the first, Annette starts to fall for a fellow student, Brian Harpur. But there are strange tensions and a hidden darkness within the group. Then one of their party mysteriously disappears. When police arrive, Annette makes a decision that will irrevocably mark her life, and Brian Harpur’s.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Toni

I choose this book to read after listening to the ABC Book club podcast and it intrigued me. With an interest in history and archaeology, I read a lot of European and British books, but this is set in Australia with a team from ANU (the Australian National University in Canberra) discovering a signi......more

Goodreads review by Cass

I discovered author Trevor Shearston through his previous novel Hare’s Fur, a beautiful and meditative literary story. His most recent book, The Beach Caves (Scribe 2021) is also well-crafted but is more of a literary crime, so in addition to the lilting language, intimately portrayed characters and......more

Goodreads review by Kirsten

Not my usual fare. This was an interesting read set in a world I know very little about (archaeology) however parts of it made me very uncomfortable. It was set in the 1970s so I guess that was the time however I feel like it could have been handled with a bit more sensitivity. We know better now.......more