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Title: |
The Women's Pool |
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| Edited by: |
Spender Lynne |
| ISBN10-13: |
192595045X : 9781925950458 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
210x140x15mm |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Weight: |
.200 Kg. |
| Published: |
Spinifex Press - November 2021 |
| List Price: |
14.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Cultural studies : Gender studies: women : Child care & upbringing |
| The history of Coogeeâ s McIverâ s Ladies Baths â Australiaâ s only ocean pool reserved for women â is eloquently told in these stories from women who have found friendship, sanctuary and sheer pleasure as they have gathered and swum at â the Womenâ s Poolâ . 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 â Thursday Married Ladies Clubâ ; younger women detail their delight at the natural beauty, the safety and the sense of freedom that the pool offers. No aquatic manspreading here. In this book, women from a diverse range of cultures reveal the role that the womenâ s pool has played in their lives. From the â 365ersâ who brave the elements all year round to the younger women who seek summer sun on the rocks, a picture emerges of a place of natural beauty and a space for women to simply be themselves. |
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"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.
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“In the vastness of the largest Continent on Earth, it is a tiny space of companionship if wanted, or solitude if needed." -- Mary Goslett
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"The Baths welcomes us to its shelves of stone and grass for drying off, to doze, to talk, to preen, to gaze into the aqua green, ivory and midnight blue pool, to the rocks and outcrops either side, and the Pacific Ocean beyond." -- Jane Messer
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