Sea Hearts is a 2012 novel by Margo Lanagan. The novel is a young adult work of speculative fiction set on the fictional Rollrock Island. It explores a world in which witches have replaced all of the island's human women with selkies who are unfailingly obedient to their husbands.
Reception
In a review in Australian Book Review, Maya Linden wrote that the novel did not leave a lasting impact on the reader and that it "doesn't turn out to be quite the incomparable offering it promises". A more positive review in the Newtown Review of Books described the book as a "finely wrought, disturbing novel" that "raises unsettling questions about male desire".
Awards
+Awards for Sea HeartsYearAwardCategoryResult2012Aurealis AwardsBest Fantasy NovelAurealis AwardsBest Young Adult NovelQueensland Literary AwardsYoung Adult Book Award2013Western Australian Premier's Book AwardsYoung AdultChildren's Book Council of Australia Book of the YearOlder ReadersIndie Book AwardsBest Children's & YA BookNorma K. Hemming AwardNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsEthel Turner Prize for Young People's LiteratureStella PrizeDitmar AwardsBest Novel2014Barbara Jefferis AwardAdelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureYoung Adult FictionInternational Dublin Literary Award
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