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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says Charlie . ' The God of Love . ' This might put Charlie off . ' Who's the other one ? ' I say quickly . ' A girl , ' says Bel . ' How do you say it ? ' Cam , ' says Bel , ' then paspee . ' ' Do you want arms around ? says Charlie ...
says Charlie . ' The God of Love . ' This might put Charlie off . ' Who's the other one ? ' I say quickly . ' A girl , ' says Bel . ' How do you say it ? ' Cam , ' says Bel , ' then paspee . ' ' Do you want arms around ? says Charlie ...
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He's saying Shit , ' says Charlie . ' You're not going because of us , are you ? ' says Bel . The man doesn't say anything . He looks at Bel and shakes his head like Mum does when I drop things . By this time Joe is back and slipping ...
He's saying Shit , ' says Charlie . ' You're not going because of us , are you ? ' says Bel . The man doesn't say anything . He looks at Bel and shakes his head like Mum does when I drop things . By this time Joe is back and slipping ...
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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 out and we stop staring but it's still ...
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 out and we stop staring but it's still ...
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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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