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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We all stood round saying , ' She's mad , Miri , ' and “ You have first go , Miri , ' and ' Eve Porter washes her feet in dirty water . ' ' Things like that . But Miri said , ' I'm going home , ' so I said , ' OK let's go , ' and Miri ...
We all stood round saying , ' She's mad , Miri , ' and “ You have first go , Miri , ' and ' Eve Porter washes her feet in dirty water . ' ' Things like that . But Miri said , ' I'm going home , ' so I said , ' OK let's go , ' and Miri ...
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Tam tells him what to do but he keeps going round and round in circles . When he's getting the hang of it more , Tam says to Joe , ' OK boy . What about the other kids ? Miri and me shout and wave and the sparrows spurt out of the ...
Tam tells him what to do but he keeps going round and round in circles . When he's getting the hang of it more , Tam says to Joe , ' OK boy . What about the other kids ? Miri and me shout and wave and the sparrows spurt out of the ...
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Ann a And now , just when it's getting a bit boring and smelly round the bulrushes , and we're wanting to get back to the beach for a swim like yesterday , the most amazing thing happens . ' Look ! ' screams Charlie , loud as anything ...
Ann a And now , just when it's getting a bit boring and smelly round the bulrushes , and we're wanting to get back to the beach for a swim like yesterday , the most amazing thing happens . ' Look ! ' screams Charlie , loud as anything ...
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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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