- Title:
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The Fine Colour of Rust
- Written by:
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P.A. O'Reilly
- Read by:
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Catherine Milte
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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7 hours 45 minutes
- Published:
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May 01 2012
- Available Date:
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May 28 2012
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781743113738
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Literary Fiction
- Publisher:
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ABC Audio
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"Delightful, laugh-out-loud funny and unforgettable. I love this book."
Toni Jordan, author of Addition
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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."
The Daily Mail
"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.