**'Entertaining and page-turning . . . part rural romance and part family saga' *Sydney Morning Herald* (on *The Painted Sky*)** Nina Larkin *should* be happy. She's transformed her rundown outback property, The Springs, into a successful artists' retreat; she's won a distinguished art prize, and
Light lifting: stories
โ Scribed by Alexander MacLeod
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Year
- 2010;2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A suite of dark, unflinching elegies for a working-class city and community driven to the brink.
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