Journal Entry 1 by sheoak from Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, August 14, 2004

"Georgie Jutland is a mess. At forty, with her career in ruins, she finds herself stranded in White Point with a fisherman she doesn't love and two kids whose dead mother she can never replace. Her days have fallen into domestic tedium and social isolation. Her nights are a blur of vodka and pointless loitering in cyberspace. Leached of all confidence, Georgie has lost her way; she barely recognises herself.
One morning, in the boozy pre-dawn gloom she looks up from the computer screen to see a shadow lurking on the beach below, and a dangerous new element enters her life. Luther Fox, the local poacher. Jinx. Outcast.
So begins an unlikely alliance. Set in the wild landscape of Western Australia, this is a novel about the odds of breaking with the past, a love story about people stifled by grief or regret, whose dreams are lost, whose hopes have dried up. It's a journey across landscapes within and without, about the music that sometimes arises from the dust."

I loved Luther, disliked Georgie, but then she didn't like herself either, she was in a really big hole. Luther is to die for, I lived through his wanderings in the north with him in one sleepless night of non stop reading. As are Winton's other books that I have read and enjoyed, this story is set in my own back yard. The Tuart trees and the limestone are a part of my personal landscape too. 

Journal Entry 2 by sheoak at Controlled release in Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, October 16, 2004

Released 7 yrs ago (10/16/2004 UTC) at Controlled release in Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

RELEASE NOTES:

At my garage sale today, together with a number of other books - 10 Carlisle Rd Kalamunda.
Books free of course! 

Journal Entry 3 by sheoak from Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Sent to Carlynlee today. Sorry it took me so long!! I was meaning to get around to meet you but it just isnt't going to happen.
I hope you enjoy the book as much as me and my husband, and 2 other friends who have read it but not journalled.
When you have finished I would prefer it if the book goes to someone who wants to read it. However if you can't find anyone then wild release it! 

Journal Entry 4 by Carlynlee from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, March 03, 2005

This lovely book was waiting for me on my doorstep yesterday. It will be added to the TBR pile, even though I can't wait to read it! Thanks v much Sheoak. 

Journal Entry 5 by Carlynlee from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Monday, November 14, 2005

The language used in writing this book is just beautiful and so intoxicating, once again Tim Winton has created a vivid landscape for me to visit. I absolutely adored this story and don’t really want to see this book go, but it deserves to be read by many people. To this end I am setting up an international bookray for this book.
 

Journal Entry 6 by Carlynlee from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Monday, November 14, 2005

Welcome to Dirt Music INTERNATIONAL BOOKRAY!


This is how it works:

If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.

This is an International Bookring. Please be available for international shipping if at all possible. I will do my best to arrange a decent order of participants within country/area of abode.

You will be sending the book to the person who appears after you in the list, so you need to PM them to get their address!

It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as speedily as you can, other people are dying to read it too!

Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it currently is) and again when you have read it (so we know what you thought of it!).

P.S. If anyone knows how to change the font within a journal entry please forward me instructions....I'd love to know how to do this!!

Enjoy!

Cowpunkmom - Alberta, Canada <<<< Book is here!
gaysocialworker - Texas, USA
mitziyah - Washington, USA
legbamel - North Dakota, USA
MmeClinton - Maine, USA
Griete - Berne, Switzerland
WormyOne - East Sussex, UK (would prefer to ship locally or be last person) 

Journal Entry 7 by Cowpunkmom from Three Hills, Alberta Canada on Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Yipee!!! The book is here, in great shape, and I am listening to the Waifs as I type this. I saw them at the Calgary Folk Festival a few years ago. This is a wonderful bit of serendipity! Thank you... 

Journal Entry 8 by Cowpunkmom from Three Hills, Alberta Canada on Thursday, May 18, 2006

Fascinating book! It is resonating in my thoughts...the lengths we will go to for truth, the power of music...awesome. As soon as I get gaysocialworkers address, I'll send it off. I'm going to include a burned CD of music from Alberta musicians (where I'm from) to continue what Carlynlee started by including a CD of music by Australian musicians (where she is from).