Want Books? is a weekly meme hosted at Chachic’s Book Nook and features released books that you want but you can’t have for some reason. It can be because it’s not available in your country, in your library or you don’t have the money for it right now.
Summary from Goodreads:
Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago. Then she meets Ryan and Carly has to decide … Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy?
I’ve been hearing a lot about Raw Blue lately (I’m looking at you Naomi, Chachic, Steph Su, Bibliophile Brouhaha, and Audrey) and it’s making my hands itch for it. Not only has it made a bunch of “best of Aussie” lists, but it was one of author Melina Marchetta’s favorite reads in 2009. Unfortunately it has only been published in Australia, so I can either pay a fortune to buy and ship it from there or buy the Kobo e-book, which I’m hesitant to do but may eventually because I’m so interested in it. I’d just rather pay for a tangible copy, you know? Which leads me to my next question: Anyone in the US want to lend me their copy? 
Anything you’re pinning after but can’t have?
If I was based in the US, I’d totally lend you my copy.
But I think it would cost too much if I ship it to you from the Philippines and then you have to ship it back? It saddens me that there are so many wonderful Aussie books that I want to read but they’re not internationally available. I hope Aussie publishers do something about that soon. This was a really good book and I’m glad I got to read it – I never would’ve found out about it if not for Aussie book blogger friends. 
You’re very right. Thanks for the offer though! I’ll probably buy the ebook eventually, though if I love it, I’ll wish I had spent the extra money on an actual copy.
I’m pinning after this book too. I don’t have an e-reader so I’m hoping that it’ll pop up again on The Book Depository…
Me too! I’d rather pay a little extra for a hard copy. Then I can lend it out to people.
Oh! I *hope* you can get a copy one day…
I had FIVE copies. One for me. one for a family member. one for a friend. and i sent one to the UK and one to the US.
I don;t know why it hasn;t been picked up over there? it is very Australian but I think readers like that? I know I love books set, say, in the UK