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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... verandah covered by a wisteria which must be beautiful in the spring . A lot happens in this large room and most of it takes time and tastes delicious . Breakfast this morning was comparatively simple : cream , strawberries , bacon and ...
... verandah covered by a wisteria which must be beautiful in the spring . A lot happens in this large room and most of it takes time and tastes delicious . Breakfast this morning was comparatively simple : cream , strawberries , bacon and ...
Page 133
... verandah . Ice will make a nice change . The children are to sleep on the Bachelors ' Balcony . I find this term deeply romantic with its connotations of importunate young men leaping and prancing about . There is something twirled ...
... verandah . Ice will make a nice change . The children are to sleep on the Bachelors ' Balcony . I find this term deeply romantic with its connotations of importunate young men leaping and prancing about . There is something twirled ...
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... verandah , so I left the car where it was and cut through the Henares ' section . I could see you all , by the way , just stick figures , but easy enough to pick out Roger and James with the camera , and your red hat . I hopped through ...
... verandah , so I left the car where it was and cut through the Henares ' section . I could see you all , by the way , just stick figures , but easy enough to pick out Roger and James with the camera , and your red hat . I hopped through ...
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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