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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She acknowledges the presence of the gamblers lounging on their battered chairs , smiles at their blank faces and moves on to sink down onto an armchair beside Mr Ropata . She leans towards him . Apology ? Time of day ? Hard to tell .
She acknowledges the presence of the gamblers lounging on their battered chairs , smiles at their blank faces and moves on to sink down onto an armchair beside Mr Ropata . She leans towards him . Apology ? Time of day ? Hard to tell .
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She smiles her slow beautiful smile . Come to help me pack ? ' she says . And so she is . Bella Clements is leaving . Despite everything , my previous knowledge of her commitment to Tam , my belief in the strength , and courage of her ...
She smiles her slow beautiful smile . Come to help me pack ? ' she says . And so she is . Bella Clements is leaving . Despite everything , my previous knowledge of her commitment to Tam , my belief in the strength , and courage of her ...
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Her smile is beatific . “ Isn't that wonderful ! Oh , I do long to see her . ' Angus , who has lost his would - be confidante as well , looks more miserable than ever . Jeannie smiles radiantly at him , inviting him to share her ...
Her smile is beatific . “ Isn't that wonderful ! Oh , I do long to see her . ' Angus , who has lost his would - be confidante as well , looks more miserable than ever . Jeannie smiles radiantly at him , inviting him to share her ...
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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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