Benang: From the HeartOceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, this intriguing journey is a celebration and lament--of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing, and of powerful utterance. Both tentative and daring, it speaks to the present and a possible future through stories, dreams, rhythms, songs, images and documents mobilized from the incompletely acknowledged and still dynamic past. |
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Page 201
... seemed eager to have a swing at one of the boys . It seemed most probable that the cheeky little half - uniformed bastard on the horse would be first . Hall wrapped the reins around the fellow's bunched fists . ' Give him the reins ...
... seemed eager to have a swing at one of the boys . It seemed most probable that the cheeky little half - uniformed bastard on the horse would be first . Hall wrapped the reins around the fellow's bunched fists . ' Give him the reins ...
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From the Heart Kim Scott. seemed most expeditious . ' And then there was that trouble his trackers had got themselves ... seemed to be handling things all right up there . It had been the same down here , you had to be firm with the ...
From the Heart Kim Scott. seemed most expeditious . ' And then there was that trouble his trackers had got themselves ... seemed to be handling things all right up there . It had been the same down here , you had to be firm with the ...
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... seemed a child's coffin . Daniel's hands- once so cunning and clever - now held and hammered tentatively , could not grip the saw , let the chisel slip . The small coffin seemed too small for the adult - sized grave they'd dug ...
... seemed a child's coffin . Daniel's hands- once so cunning and clever - now held and hammered tentatively , could not grip the saw , let the chisel slip . The small coffin seemed too small for the adult - sized grave they'd dug ...
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