The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
A coming-of age ecological fable from the author of Jaws. A Mexican girl fights family and tradition to protect the marine habitat she loves and has sworn to keep secret.
A coming-of age ecological fable from the author of Jaws. A Mexican girl fights family and tradition to protect the marine habitat she loves.
Teenage Paloma lost her father, Juanjo, in a sea-storm. Her mother, Miranda, is afraid she鈥檒l lose the girl to the sea too. But Juanjo taught Paloma to free dive and showed her a secret seamount none of the fishermen know about - a pillar of volcanic rock rising from the deep ocean, a teeming tower-block of habitats.
Paloma鈥檚 brother, Jos茅, wants to make quick money, leave for the city and become a mechanic. The seamount could be his ticket to a new life, and he鈥檒l stop at nothing to get his way.
Anita Sullivan has written over 30 radio dramas and is a winner of the prestigious Tinniswood Award. Her other award-winning adaptations include An Angel at My Table and Shadowbahn.
By Peter Benchley
Adapted for radio by Anita Sullivan
Paloma ..... Jamila Hache
Miranda 鈥�.. Raquel Cassidy
Jos茅 ..... 脫scar Camacho
Juanjo ..... Armando Rey
Azul 鈥�.. Carlos Alfredo Jr.
Manolo ..... Braulio Hern谩ndez
Other characters are played by Sergia S谩nchez and Alejandra Gollas
Sound design by Adam Woodhams
Directed and produced by Nicolas Jackson
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