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Common people / Tony Birch.
Van Pelt Library PR9619.4.B538 A6 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birch, Tony, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Australian--21st century.
- Short stories, Australian.
- Australian literature.
- Genre:
- Australian fiction -- 21st century.
- Short stories.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- These remarkable and surprising stories capture common people caught up in the everyday business of living and the struggle to survive. From two single mothers on the most unlikely night shift to a homeless man unexpectedly faced with the miracle of a new life, Birch's stories are set in gritty urban refuges and battling regional communities. His deftly drawn characters find unexpected signs of hope in a world where beauty can be found on every street corner - a message on a T-shirt, a friend in a stray dog or a star in the night sky.Common People shines a light on human nature and how the ordinary kindness of strangers can have extraordinary results.
- Contents:
- The ghost train
- Harmless
- Death star
- Joe Roberts
- The white girl
- Party lights
- Liam
- Painted glass
- Sissy
- Frank Slim
- Raven and sons
- Paper moon
- The good Howard
- Colours
- Worship.
- ISBN:
- 9780702259838
- 0702259837
- OCLC:
- 980346914
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