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by Darren Groth
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Availability:In StockContributor:Darren GrothPublish date:5/20/2026Pages:284
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hawkeye Publishing Pty Ltd.ISBN-13:9781923105522ISBN-10:1923105523UPC:9781923105522Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, SportsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.345Product ID:SCMVA0XK54

We all have an Origin story.

On June 8, 2022, in a Vancouver townhouse, Darren Groth gathers with his family to watch State of Origin - uncertain of the result, unsure when they'll meet again, and fearing this may be the last Maroons game with his ailing father.

Marooned is a moving, funny, and deeply heartfelt memoir of fathers and sons, love of team, and love of state. Spanning five decades of Queensland rugby league devotion - from dusty backyards in Hughenden to frosty mornings in Canada - it's a story about belonging, resilience, and the ties that bind us across distance, hardship, and time.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hawkeye Publishing Pty Ltd.ISBN-13:9781923105522ISBN-10:1923105523UPC:9781923105522Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, SportsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.345Product ID:SCMVA0XK54
Groth, Darren: - Darren Groth is the author of nine novels including Kindling, Are You Seeing Me?, Exchange of Heart, and his most recent North American work, Boy in the Blue Hammock. He is an Adelaide Festival Award for Literature winner, a two-time finalist in the Queensland Literary Awards, and a past nominee for numerous other prestigious prizes, among them the CBCA Book of the Year, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, The TextPrize, and the Governor General's Literary Awards in Canada. He has written for newspapers, magazines and literary journals including The Courier-Mail, The SunHerald, Mamamia, The Lifted Brow and Syntax. He will always believe Queensland was robbed by Mark McGaw's match-winning try in Game 1 of the 1987 State of Origin series. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Publisher: Hawkeye Publishing Pty Ltd.

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