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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... its head showing as it waits for something to happen and keeps cool . Grown - ups sit on the rock and watch we don't disappear where it's bottomless . We aren't allowed to dive in or jump , not even honeypots , because of banging into ...
... its head showing as it waits for something to happen and keeps cool . Grown - ups sit on the rock and watch we don't disappear where it's bottomless . We aren't allowed to dive in or jump , not even honeypots , because of banging into ...
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... it's got tomorrow . ' ' Why can't you go the next day ? ' says Bel . ' Because of the free day . It's Joe's only chance . ' to be Bel turns from the oven door she's just shut . She leans her hands on the table and looks at us . Now ...
... it's got tomorrow . ' ' Why can't you go the next day ? ' says Bel . ' Because of the free day . It's Joe's only chance . ' to be Bel turns from the oven door she's just shut . She leans her hands on the table and looks at us . Now ...
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... it's making things for Lust in the Dust ? ' ' Tell me , ' says Hare , leaning forward in his chair with an expression of mild interest , ' what exactly do you mean by it's ? ' ' It's . What it's ? ' says James . ' You said " it's making ...
... it's making things for Lust in the Dust ? ' ' Tell me , ' says Hare , leaning forward in his chair with an expression of mild interest , ' what exactly do you mean by it's ? ' ' It's . What it's ? ' says James . ' You said " it's making ...
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Annie asks bareback beach Bella Bob Jackson Bully Pond calls Charlie's child Clements says Colonel Holdaway comes couch grass course darling door Dr Appleby eyes face feet film girl Girlingstone gives grins hair hand hangi happy Hare Harry head Henare horse Indians Isabel James Clements James's Jean Jeannie jump kids kitchen Laing Laing's Point laughs leap legs looks Lorna Maori Miri Miriama mother never nods pakeha pikelets Pontiac race remember ride river Rongomaha Ropata rouseabout sand says Angus says Bel says Charlie says Derek says Duncan says James says Mrs Clements says Mum Seven Little Australians shakes shouts ski pole smiles smoko stands stare stick stop swim swings talking Tamati tell thank there's things thought tide told tomorrow track truck verandah watch waves What's woman wonder yells