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| Author | Margo Lanagan |
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| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication date | 1 February 2012 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Pages | 360 |
| ISBN | 9781742375052 |
Sea Hearts is a 2012 novel by Margo Lanagan. The novel is a young adult work of speculative fiction set on the fictional Rollrock Island. It explores a world in which witches have replaced all of the island's human women with selkies who are unfailingly obedient to their husbands.
In a review in Australian Book Review, Maya Linden wrote that the novel did not leave a lasting impact on the reader and that it "doesn't turn out to be quite the incomparable offering it promises". A more positive review in the Newtown Review of Books described the book as a "finely wrought, disturbing novel" that "raises unsettling questions about male desire".
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Aurealis Awards | Best Fantasy Novel | Won | |
| Aurealis Awards | Best Young Adult Novel | Won | ||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Young Adult Book Award | Shortlisted | ||
| 2013 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Young Adult | Won | |
| Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year | Older Readers | Won | ||
| Indie Book Awards | Best Children's & YA Book | Won | ||
| Norma K. Hemming Award | — | Won | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature | Shortlisted | ||
| Stella Prize | — | Shortlisted | ||
| Ditmar Awards | Best Novel | Won | ||
| 2014 | Barbara Jefferis Award | — | Won | |
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Young Adult Fiction | Shortlisted | ||
| International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted |