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Both a gripping family drama and a timely meditation on borders, the media, and immigration, No More Boats tells a universal story about fitting in and feeling threatened. Set in Sydney’s working-class western suburbs, No More Boats is a vivid portrait of a family whose unraveling collides with a crisis known as the “Tampa affair,” when over four hundred refugees were left stranded fifteen miles off the Australian coast as debate over their legitimate entry into the country raged. Antonio, a recently unemployed Italian immigrant, awkwardly assumes a starring role in the fracas, and drags into the spotlight his wife Rose, who has a rich back story of her own, and their two children, Nico and Claire, who are both drifting. Manipulated by the media and made vulnerable by his feelings of irrelevance, Antonio commits an act that makes him a lightning rod for the factions at odds over the Tampa affair. No More Boats is an unbiased, moving, original, and important story about the world we live in, the families we come from, and the raw impulses that we attempt to conceal.

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“No More Boats is a striking work of suburban Australian realism.”—Georgia Delaney, Readings “...illuminating and...thought-provoking.” “No More Boats offers us a way of understanding the contradiction of one migrant turning against others. This is an important book.” -- Donata Carrazza * Australian Book Review * “No More Boats is a book that should be read slowly and considerately, because every detail is significant. It’s an engaging and gripping second novel from Castagna.” “Through the lens of a fictional suburban family, Castagna has created a novel that is both memorable and vital in reminding us to consider where we come from.” “[C]ompelling yet thoughtful.""

No More Boats is a striking work of suburban Australian realism. -Georgia Delaney, Readings ...illuminating and...thought-provoking. No More Boats offers us a way of understanding the contradiction of one migrant turning against others. This is an important book. -- Donata Carrazza * Australian Book Review * No More Boats is a book that should be read slowly and considerately, because every detail is significant. It's an engaging and gripping second novel from Castagna. Through the lens of a fictional suburban family, Castagna has created a novel that is both memorable and vital in reminding us to consider where we come from. [C]ompelling yet thoughtful.

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Felicity Castagna won the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for YA Fiction for her previous novel, The Incredible Here and Now, shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia and NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, and adapted for the stage by the National Theatre of Parramatta. Her collection of short stories, Small Indiscretions, was named an Australian Book Review Book of the Year. Castagna’s work has appeared on radio and television, and she runs the storytelling series Studio Stories.

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