Layne Beachley

Beneath The Waves

Michael Gordon, Layne Beachley

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Ebury Press
01 October 2009

Biography: sport; Sports & outdoor recreation; Surfing, windsurfing, water skiing

An updated version of the bestselling autobiography of the Australian surfing superstar.

Layne Beachley's story is a testimony to the power of self-belief. It is about the skinny little girl they called 'Gidget' who overcame a king tide of obstacles, from chronic fatigue and depression to debilitating injury and family tragedy, to become an icon in the male-dominated world of competitive surfing. Winner of a record seven women's world championships, she also blazed trails in the mountainous waves of Hawaii's outer reefs, earning respect where it mattered most - in the water.

Beneath the surface of the happy, positive public persona is a story of loss, redemption and the search for identity, revealing the intimate details of how Layne and her birth mother, Maggie, found each other twenty-seven years after her birth, the highs and many lows on their quest for reconciliation and the dark secret of Maggie's past. It is also a love story, describing how Layne fell in and out of love with Hawaiian big-wave rider Ken Bradshaw and found true happiness with INXS rock star Kirk Pengilly.

Based on extensive interviews with more than thirty central figures, including classmates, friends, family and many of the biggest names in surfing, and written by award-winning journalist Michael Gordon, Layne Beachley- Beneath the Waves is powerful, poignant, moving and unforgettable.

By: Michael Gordon, Layne Beachley
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 256g
ISBN: 9781741666779
ISBN 10: 1741666775
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Gordon joined The Age as a 17-year-old cadet and has worked for the paper for more than two decades in roles ranging from surf writer and sports editor to national editor and deputy editor of The Sunday Age. He has also been New York correspondent for the Melbourne Herald and political editor of The Australian. A Walkley award winner, his books include A True Believer, Paul Keating; Reconciliation, A Journey; and Freeing Ali, the Human Face of the Pacific Solution. In March 2006, Michael Gordon won the 2005 Graham Perkin Award for Journalist of The Year for journalistic excellence for his report in April 2005 of the 'forgotten' 54 refugees detained on Nauru. In February 2007, Michael was appointed Saturday editor.

Reviews for Layne Beachley: Beneath The Waves

In The Buffalo Soldier, Bohjalian proves once again that he's a master novelist. - The Boston Globe Bohjalian plunges [his characters] into a dramatic situation so powerful that even their quiet voices cannot fail to be heard. . . .The Buffalo Soldier is imbued with hope and the possibility for redemption. - The Washington Post Bohjalian gives us fine-grained detail and beautifully observed domestic psychology. - The Los Angeles Times Beautifully wrought. . . . A moving account of personal strength and the joy of belonging. -San Francisco Chronicle If it's captivating literature you're after, The Buffalo Soldier earns a solid A. - Entertainment Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition.