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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... hair is black and short and straight . There are no chestnut romps as in James's hair . Mrs Clements has told me frequently that it is a pity things are this way round and that Isabel should have her hair permed , that she won't try ...
... hair is black and short and straight . There are no chestnut romps as in James's hair . Mrs Clements has told me frequently that it is a pity things are this way round and that Isabel should have her hair permed , that she won't try ...
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... hair . Straight beaded shifts , shingled hair and high heels suited me . I was a success . Isabel wore a long frock of some dark crepe . Her hair was shorter than mine and better cut . She stood tall and straight and told me she wished ...
... hair . Straight beaded shifts , shingled hair and high heels suited me . I was a success . Isabel wore a long frock of some dark crepe . Her hair was shorter than mine and better cut . She stood tall and straight and told me she wished ...
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... hair so I could see him talking . Colonel Holdaway was now laughing so hard he had to stop and puff for a bit before he went on . ' I was under canvas in my makeshift office the next day and as you can imagine things were a were a bit ...
... hair so I could see him talking . Colonel Holdaway was now laughing so hard he had to stop and puff for a bit before he went on . ' I was under canvas in my makeshift office the next day and as you can imagine things were a were a bit ...
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