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Norm Stevens Senior tells me I’ll never get that truck…
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When I show the committee members the letter at the…
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Norm’s come by to drop off more lemons and pick…
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‘Look at all these cars, Jake.’ We pull in with…
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Over the next week, the heat builds until at eight…
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A good mother would be culturing organic yoghurt or studying…
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‘What’s that noise?’ Jake has an unerring knack for asking…
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My sister Patsy has only been in the house for…
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The next morning at seven o’clock, mouth gluey, skirt rucked…
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At ten thirty-four on the day chosen for his Gunapan…
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The headmaster’s taken my signs off the school fence. I…
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‘He’s got a bloody cheek.’ Tina’s talking on the phone…
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The next day I’m on the phone first thing. ‘Helen,…
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The next night, Norm arrives on my doorstep and tells…
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The shire meeting last night was a distraction, but the…
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‘What the hell am I supposed to do?’ Norm says…
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As we head off to Halstead along the road where…
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The Bolton Road seems particularly long today. My foot lifts…
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It’s uncanny seeing Norm and Justin together when I drive…
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When I arrive, bawling, at Norm’s yard, Justin is by…
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Norm turns up at nine in the evening with a…
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The next day is the last day of term and…
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Yesterday I drove down to Melbourne, dropped the kids at…
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‘Looking a bit the worse for wear,’ Norm says when…
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Norm’s news has given me the strength of seven Lorettas.
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It’s dark in the Community Centre car park. We’ve asked…
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‘Stop it,’ I tell Norm.
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When I wake up the next day, the house is…
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I remember Norm saying to me once that he wished…
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The women who go to the day spa would never…
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The kids sit quietly in the back on the way…
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The mail Melissa brought in is fatter than usual. I…
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At six thirty, the Gunapan pub, once called the Criterion,…
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Norm Stevens Junior (aka Justin) says I’ll never sell my…
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