The Women's Pool
$25.54
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2021
Summary
Sanctuary by the Sea: Stories from McIver’s Ladies Baths
The history of Coogee’s McIver’s Ladies Baths – Australia’s only ocean pool reserved for women – is eloquently told in these stories from women who have found friendship, sanctuary and sheer pleasure as they have gathered and swum at ‘the Women’s Pool’.
Humorously told tales of encounters at the pool sit together with stories of sorrow and regret. Older women tell of the history of the pool and the famed ‘Thursday Marr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925950458 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192595045X |
| Author: | Spender Lynne |
| Publisher: | Spinifex Press |
| Imprint: | Spinifex Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
These heart-warming tales of trials tribulations and trysts at Australia’s only ocean pool ¬ just for women – will make you want to dive in, naked at midnight, to revel in all that joyous aquatic camaraderie.—Kathy Lette, Writer, ocean swimmer and shameless sea pool skinny dipper.
About The Author
Spender Lynne
Lynne Spender is a feminist, a writer, and editor who has lived in and around Coogee since 1982. She has swum at the women’s pool for years and values it enough to have undertaken the task of compiling this collection of stories.
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