| Description |
265 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
The man in the shed -- The thing that distresses me the most -- Lost cities -- The Simpsons in Russia -- Where the Harleys live -- Stiil lives -- The waiting room -- Dogs -- Broken machinery -- What we normally do on a Sunday -- Going to war for Mrs Austen -- Swimming to Australia -- Who's that dancing with my mother? -- Amateur nights |
| Summary |
A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman. A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover. A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted. A boy sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates |
| Analysis |
Short stories |
| Notes |
Balmain copy purchased with money donated by Friends of Balmain Library |
| Subject |
Families -- Fiction.
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Short stories, New Zealand.
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Short stories, New Zealander
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Fiction.
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| LC no. |
2009483732 |
| ISBN |
9781921520662 (paperback) |
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