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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... There I am , ravaged , desperate , half drowned - there's a bit which I think might be quite telling , when my hat floats away . ' Your white one ? ' squeaks his mother . ... . just before Cantering Kate here and the Indian lad arrive ...
... There I am , ravaged , desperate , half drowned - there's a bit which I think might be quite telling , when my hat floats away . ' Your white one ? ' squeaks his mother . ... . just before Cantering Kate here and the Indian lad arrive ...
Page 86
... There are houses and there's the meeting house where they meet and the elders and other men speak on the marae but not ladies because they're not allowed . ' ' Not at all ? ' ' Oh , they can talk , but not make speeches and walk up and ...
... There are houses and there's the meeting house where they meet and the elders and other men speak on the marae but not ladies because they're not allowed . ' ' Not at all ? ' ' Oh , they can talk , but not make speeches and walk up and ...
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... There is nothing wrong with our riding , James tells Duncan and me , and he approves of our chosen track for the gallop . We can always tell if he's pleased , he says . When a perfectionist like himself says there's nothing wrong , it ...
... There is nothing wrong with our riding , James tells Duncan and me , and he approves of our chosen track for the gallop . We can always tell if he's pleased , he says . When a perfectionist like himself says there's nothing wrong , it ...
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Annie asks bareback beach Bella Bob Jackson Bully Pond calls Charlie's child Clements says Colonel Holdaway comes couch grass course darling door Dr Appleby eyes face feet film girl Girlingstone gives grins hair hand hangi happy Hare Harry head Henare horse Indians Isabel James Clements James's Jean Jeannie jump kids kitchen Laing Laing's Point laughs leap legs looks Lorna Maori Miri Miriama mother never nods pakeha pikelets Pontiac race remember ride river Rongomaha Ropata rouseabout sand says Angus says Bel says Charlie says Derek says Duncan says James says Mrs Clements says Mum Seven Little Australians shakes shouts ski pole smiles smoko stands stare stick stop swim swings talking Tamati tell thank there's things thought tide told tomorrow track truck verandah watch waves What's woman wonder yells