Time's Long Ruin (2011)
“Still, it didn’t matter, our version of Australia Day was Mum up early braising steak we wouldn’t eat for another twelve hours, a cat rubbing itself on the flywire of my window, ants trailing up my wall and into an air vent, and a crow screeching, filling the warm morning air with drama. Then there was Bill, starting his car (which he’d hosed down) and revving it for a good five minutes. Bill, in his suit. Freshly shaved. Heading off on a tour of the Mid North, his boot packed with samples and ...warm beer. His wheels skidded on the gravel. Then his car almost rolled to the end of the driveway, dropped to the road with a little hmph of the shockers, and started through the gears down Thomas Street.
Janice came running from her front door, stopping at the street fence, hanging over and waving to her dad as she shouted, ‘See yer.’ But he was gone. She jumped the hedge to our front yard and wandered over to my window. ‘You awake, Henry?’ she asked, cupping her hands to peer in.MoreLess
Janice came running from her front door, stopping at the street fence, hanging over and waving to her dad as she shouted, ‘See yer.’ But he was gone. She jumped the hedge to our front yard and wandered over to my window. ‘You awake, Henry?’ she asked, cupping her hands to peer in.MoreLess
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