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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... Laing , Miriama's father , is called Harry and is tall and has black hair . He does not talk much . Mrs Laing is called Jean . She talks a lot more than Mr Laing and comes up to his shoulder . Miri tells me that he is finding his ...
... Laing , Miriama's father , is called Harry and is tall and has black hair . He does not talk much . Mrs Laing is called Jean . She talks a lot more than Mr Laing and comes up to his shoulder . Miri tells me that he is finding his ...
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... Laing gave me his pakeha name , taught me his pakeha ways , his pakeha speech , sent me to board at pakeha schools away from my own people . But I say again , I am not and never have been pakeha . My name is not Laing and never has been ...
... Laing gave me his pakeha name , taught me his pakeha ways , his pakeha speech , sent me to board at pakeha schools away from my own people . But I say again , I am not and never have been pakeha . My name is not Laing and never has been ...
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... Laing's Point ? ' ' The Maori name's one of those long - winded nonsenses meaning Bush Pigeon Sitting on the Cliff above the Sparkling Waters or somesuch . Kereru something . But that's not the only reason . Anything Walter Laing owned ...
... Laing's Point ? ' ' The Maori name's one of those long - winded nonsenses meaning Bush Pigeon Sitting on the Cliff above the Sparkling Waters or somesuch . Kereru something . But that's not the only reason . Anything Walter Laing owned ...
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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