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After January
by Nick Earls

It’s as though the future is held here. Held at bay, held at more than arm’s length. Held just beyond my reach all the long days of summer. And the waiting is everywhere …

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Overview

This January is different. School is over for Alex Delaney and he’s waiting for his university offer – only seventeen days away. The waiting is killing him. He’s not expecting much from January. So he’s not ready for the girl who cuts past him on a wave. Not at all prepared for her perfect balance, compelling green eyes and gold skin. January is about to change.

For the first time, this new edition combines Alex Delaney’s two stories, After January and Before January, by award-winning and popular author Nick Earls.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

‘A fine, subtly tuned story of a young man’s three weeks on the brink of change in a sharply drawn world.’

The Weekend Australian

‘Earl’s powerful memories of summers at the beach help him bring this landscape to life …’

The Courier-Mail

‘The exquisite pain of first love is captured beautifully in After January with the gentle humour that is characteristic of this much-loved author.’

Nick Earls

Nick Earls is the author of more than twenty books, including five for children and five novels with teenage central characters. 48 Shades of Brown was a CBCA Book of the Year, and his other four young adult novels were Notable Books. After January was also shortlisted for the National Children’s Literature Award, won a 3M Talking Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted in the Fairlight Talking Book Awards. The International Youth Library, Munich, included it in its White Ravens selection of international notable new books. It was the first of five of Nick Earls’s novels to become plays. Two have also been adapted into feature films.