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From the image of a small boy entranced by his mother's G.I. escort, yet still hoping for the return of his father missing in action, to the portrait of an adult writer trying to piece together a defining image of his late father, these outstanding stories conjure up, with dazzling intensity and in all of their complexity, memories and events that make us who we are.
From tropical lushness to "blacksoil country, " from aboriginal outback to city streets, they reveal earlier, vulnerable selves, moments of innocence or shame, and unfinished business -- illumined by shocking flashes of unpredictable violence and pain, or glints of sly humor. In the brilliant cornerstone story, the stuff of dreams is both real and imagined -- rumored fields of cannabis picked in secret by migrant workers, or a nightmare encounter on a dark Sydney street. In "Night Training" a military recruit is scarred by his imagined complicity in a bizarre nightly ritual. In "Sally's Story" a "comfort" girl looks for comfort of her own. Here are men and women in search of connection, or equally wary of it -- whether with each other or past selves, shaped as we all of us are by the ghosts of history and the mysterious rhythms of nature.
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It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor
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It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor
[...]
It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
Size: 5x0x8; Light soil to leading edge corners, a bump to head of spine and
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Size: 5x0x8; Light soil to leading edge corners, a bump to head of spine and a dogear to p 63; otherwise this softbound book is firmly bound, pages clean and crisp, spine uncreased.
Size: 5x0x8; Light soil to leading edge corners, a bump to head of spine and
[...]
Size: 5x0x8; Light soil to leading edge corners, a bump to head of spine and a dogear to p 63; otherwise this softbound book is firmly bound, pages clean and crisp, spine uncreased.
