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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Once Charlie drew his own star but Miss Cridland could tell at once and told him not to do it again because it was cheating , and Charlie didn't want to be a cheat did he ? Charlie said he didn't know and Miss Cridland laughed and ...
Once Charlie drew his own star but Miss Cridland could tell at once and told him not to do it again because it was cheating , and Charlie didn't want to be a cheat did he ? Charlie said he didn't know and Miss Cridland laughed and ...
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Goodness me once again . I change the subject . ' Let's go and look at the horses ... Once ! My word . It just goes to show ! ' She smiles her good - natured smile . Everything about Mrs Jackson is wide , generous and friendly .
Goodness me once again . I change the subject . ' Let's go and look at the horses ... Once ! My word . It just goes to show ! ' She smiles her good - natured smile . Everything about Mrs Jackson is wide , generous and friendly .
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Her face is strong once more . ' Well , ' she says , ' if that man thinks he's going to get a penny of my money he has another think coming . ' ' She heaves herself up from her desk and heads for a large chest of drawers , the polished ...
Her face is strong once more . ' Well , ' she says , ' if that man thinks he's going to get a penny of my money he has another think coming . ' ' She heaves herself up from her desk and heads for a large chest of drawers , the polished ...
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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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