Long Hot SummerIt is 1936. As they have done every summer, the Hopkins family - Anne, 8, Duncan, 12, Charlie, 5, and their parents, Derek and Lorna - have rented a house at the Beach. Alone during the week, Lorna is bored. When James Clements, the most handsome man in the Bay, decides to make an amateur cowboy film called 'Lust in the Dust', Lorna plays the whore with the heart of gold. James' sister Isabel is the cameraman, and the local Maoris are enrolled as Indians. The film's title proves disturbingly prophetic. Unaccustomed proximity leads to unaccustomed liaisons, allegiances are questioned and the old certainties suddenly melt away. It is the perfect story to display Barbara Anderson's extraordinary gifts. |
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... Bella , ' she calls , ' did you hear that ? Four adults and four children extra next week . ' ' Yes , ' replies Bella from the kitchen . ' You'd better give Hilda Jackson a ring about the beds . We may need to take extra sheets ...
... Bella , ' she calls , ' did you hear that ? Four adults and four children extra next week . ' ' Yes , ' replies Bella from the kitchen . ' You'd better give Hilda Jackson a ring about the beds . We may need to take extra sheets ...
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... Bella's bedroom . Once again I am knocking tentatively , requesting an interview . Bel comes to the door tugging the drawstrings of a tartan sponge bag . She smiles her slow beautiful smile . ' Come to help me pack ? ' she says . And so ...
... Bella's bedroom . Once again I am knocking tentatively , requesting an interview . Bel comes to the door tugging the drawstrings of a tartan sponge bag . She smiles her slow beautiful smile . ' Come to help me pack ? ' she says . And so ...
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... Bella . ' It's time we had a talk . ' ' I agree . ' He turns to her , a startling flick of rage in his eyes , glimpsed for a moment then gone . ' It probably hasn't occurred to you , Bella , but this debacle you've perpetuated ...
... Bella . ' It's time we had a talk . ' ' I agree . ' He turns to her , a startling flick of rage in his eyes , glimpsed for a moment then gone . ' It probably hasn't occurred to you , Bella , but this debacle you've perpetuated ...
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