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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Isabel , lean and sharp kneed , her eyes gentle , sits on the steps and strokes Charlie's pale hair . She has strong features , like her brother who is the most handsome man in the Bay by a long shot , but a good nose and strong ...
Isabel , lean and sharp kneed , her eyes gentle , sits on the steps and strokes Charlie's pale hair . She has strong features , like her brother who is the most handsome man in the Bay by a long shot , but a good nose and strong ...
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I was a flapper by instinct and conviction , one of the first in the Bay to bob my hair . Straight beaded shifts , shingled hair and high heels suited me . I was a success . Isabel wore a long frock of some dark crepe .
I was a flapper by instinct and conviction , one of the first in the Bay to bob my hair . Straight beaded shifts , shingled hair and high heels suited me . I was a success . Isabel wore a long frock of some dark crepe .
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No , ” I said , thinking of my Earthquake which was different , and wiping away bits of 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 .
No , ” I said , thinking of my Earthquake which was different , and wiping away bits of 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 .
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| Title | Long Hot Summer |
| Author | Barbara Anderson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0224060651, 9780224060653 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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