There are some summers, like there are some waves, that can never be forgotten. Hannah has dropped out of university to learn how to ‘walk on water’. At Ruben’s Cafe at the end of the Peninsula, she meets Jake, who has demons of his own and dreams of surfing the night. They come from different worlds but what brings them together is a love affair with the sea. A remarkable novel about fear and the overcoming of it, about love and the power of imagination.

“Towards late afternoon, a sea haze casts a dreamy spell over the water. In the still air is the memory of summers gone.”

Fiona Capp “Night Surfing”. Published by Allen & Unwin in 1996. Bought by the Sea Library 💙

Photos by Anna Iltnere / Sea Library