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Layne Beachley

Layne Beachley

Beneath The Waves

By Michael Gordon

Paperback / softback | ISBN 9781741666779

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Updated version of the bestselling autobiography

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.

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Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781741666779
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Publisher: Random House Australia
Number of pages: 384
Width (mm): 129
Height (mm): 194
Depth (mm): 25

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