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P.A. O'Reilly

Paddy O'Reilly is a writer from Melbourne. Her work has been published and broadcast widely both here and internationally. Her short story collection The End of the World garnered much review coverage in Australia and was shortlisted for several awards. Her debut novel, The Factory, was broadcast in fifteen episodes as the ABC Radio National Book Reading in 2009. She has also written screenplays. Paddy has spent several years living in Japan, working as a copywriter and translator.

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Title:: The Fine Colour of Rust
Written by:: P.A. O'Reilly
Read by:: Catherine Milte
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 7
Duration:: 7 hours 45 minutes
Published:: May 01 2012
Available Date:: May 28 2012
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781743113738
Genres:: Fiction; Australian Fiction; Literary Fiction
Publisher:: ABC Audio

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"Delightful, laugh-out-loud funny and unforgettable. I love this book."
Toni Jordan, author of Addition

"One of the sought-after books of the year."
The Herald Sun

"What sets this down-home comedy apart from the norm is how wonderfully well it is written. O’Reilly is funny and touching by turns and her style has a spare intelligence."
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"Delightful, laugh-out-loud funny and unforgettable. I love this book." - Toni Jordan, author of Addition.

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.