Summer At Mount Hope is the story of a young woman growing up in rural Victoria, Australia in a time of drought and depression. It is the story of her quest to retain freedom despite the strictures and expectations of family and society
In all there were now eleven McSwiney offspring. Teddy was Mae’s firstborn, her dashing boy – cheeky, quick and canny. He ran a card game at the pub on Thursday nights and two-up on Fridays, organised the Saturday night dances, was the SP bookie, owned all the sweeps on Cup Day and was first to r...
I’ve made myself another cup of tea, and I ate the complimentary biscuits. They’re tough. Cheap. They mean well here, but they skimp. Most people these days seem to be well-intentioned on the surface . . . like that bloke called Ray, Anita’s flatmate, whom I suspect has a shady past, like Anita. ...