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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... mother pass muster ? ' Mrs Clements gave a light laugh . ' Don't be silly , Harry . Your mother was a princess . A lovely woman . Lovely . ' Harry's mouth smiled . ' Ah , but all Maori women who married whites in those days were ...
... mother pass muster ? ' Mrs Clements gave a light laugh . ' Don't be silly , Harry . Your mother was a princess . A lovely woman . Lovely . ' Harry's mouth smiled . ' Ah , but all Maori women who married whites in those days were ...
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... mother died when he was six . ' Died ? ' says Charlie , and I say yes , and we both stare at Joe because we don't know any other kids whose mothers have done this except Annette Ferris round the corner at home . Joe sticks his tongue ...
... mother died when he was six . ' Died ? ' says Charlie , and I say yes , and we both stare at Joe because we don't know any other kids whose mothers have done this except Annette Ferris round the corner at home . Joe sticks his tongue ...
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... mother's concerns about Laing's Point . She rinses her hands under the tap , ducks her head to drink . ' I don't know anything about Maori leasehold , ' she says , ' but if it's Hare's land , why not ? ' ' Why not what ? ' ' Let him do ...
... mother's concerns about Laing's Point . She rinses her hands under the tap , ducks her head to drink . ' I don't know anything about Maori leasehold , ' she says , ' but if it's Hare's land , why not ? ' ' Why not what ? ' ' Let him do ...
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