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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... told us , unsuitable . Harry Laing , I remember , rose to his feet the night she told us this . ' How would you describe such people , Mrs Clements ? Would my mother pass muster ? ' Mrs Clements gave a light laugh . ' Don't be silly ...
... told us , unsuitable . Harry Laing , I remember , rose to his feet the night she told us this . ' How would you describe such people , Mrs Clements ? Would my mother pass muster ? ' Mrs Clements gave a light laugh . ' Don't be silly ...
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... told him a thousand times not to put things in his mouth . Charlie , limp with exhaustion , opens his eyes . ' Have you got my comic ? ' Derek tells Ann that this must be a lesson to her . He has told all you children not to remove the ...
... told him a thousand times not to put things in his mouth . Charlie , limp with exhaustion , opens his eyes . ' Have you got my comic ? ' Derek tells Ann that this must be a lesson to her . He has told all you children not to remove the ...
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... told me . All three wore similar straw hats , the horses ' slashed appropriately to accommodate their ears . Grandfather George's origins before his arrival in Westland were not discussed . It was not , Bella believed , that there was ...
... told me . All three wore similar straw hats , the horses ' slashed appropriately to accommodate their ears . Grandfather George's origins before his arrival in Westland were not discussed . It was not , Bella believed , that there was ...
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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