JACKET NOTES | Ron Irwin on 'My Side of the Ocean'

Ron Irwin discusses his latest novel

09 April 2023 - 00:00 By Ron Irwin

The inspiration for the events in My Side of the Ocean came to me when I was interested in buying a paddle ski and asked an instructor in Cape Town if he had ever seen a shark off one of the local beaches. Turned out he had seen many...

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