The Fine Colour of Rust
Single Mother And Dreamer Loretta Boskovic Lives In Gunapan, A Town Lost In The Scrubby Australian Bush. She Has Fantasies About Dumping Her Two Kids In The Orphanage And Riding Off On A Harley With Her Dream Lover. Her Best Pal Is A Crusty Old Junk Man Called Norm. She Needs A Lawnmower; He Gives Her Two Goats Called Terror And Panic. Loretta's A Self-dubbed 'old Scrag', But She's Got A Big Heart And A Strong Sense Of Injustice. So, When The Government Threatens To Close Down Gunapan's Primary School, And There's A Whiff Of Corruption Wafting Through The Corridors Of The Local Council, Loretta Stirs Into Action. She May Be Short Of Money, Influence And A Fully Functioning Car, But She Has Loyal Friends. Together They Can Organise Protests, Supermarket Sausage Sizzles, A Tour Of The Abattoir - Whatever It Takes To Hold On To The Scrap Of World That Is Home. P.a. O'reilly.
Single mothers, Single mothers--Fiction, Country life, Country life--Australia--Fiction, Political corruption, Political corruption--Australia--Fiction, Interpersonal relations, Interpersonal relations--Fiction, PR9619.4.O74 F56 2013
Name in long format: | The Fine Colour of Rust |
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ISBN-10: | 0007434952 |
ISBN-13: | 9780007434954 |
Book language: | en |
Binding: | Paperback |
Publisher: | Blue Door |
Dimensions: | Height: 7.79526 Inches, Length: 5.07873 Inches, Weight: 0.4188782978 Pounds, Width: 0.64 Inches |