The shiralee
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Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshiralee0000nila
- ISBN-100143180193
- ISBN-139780143180197
- OCLC Control Number271856187
- Better World Books9780143180197
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL37028507M
Classifications
- DDC823.914
- LCCPR9619.3.N534
Description
A shiralee is a swag, a burden, a bloody millstone - and that's what four-year-old Buster is to her father, Macauley. He takes the child on the road with him to spite his wife, but months pass and still no word comes to ask for the little girl back. Strangers to each other at first, father and daughter drift aimlessly through the dusty towns of Australia, sleeping rough and relying on odd jobs for food and money. Buster's resilience and trust slowly erode Macauley's resentment, and when he's finally able to get rid of her, he realises he can't let his shiralee go.
First Sentence
THERE was a man who had a cross and his name was Macauley.
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