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Drylands / Thea Astley ; read by Beverley Dunn.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
SCD ASTL	Adult Spoken Word		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781742141183
Name	Astley, Thea, 1925-2004 author
Title	Drylands / Thea Astley ; read by Beverley Dunn.
Published	[Melbourne] : Bolinda Audio Books, 2009
Published	©1999
Description	6 sound discs (CD) (ca. 7 hr. 20 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Notes	Complete & unabridged
Performers	Read by Beverley Dunn.
Summary	In her flat above Drylands' newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the world's last reader. Little has changed her in 50 years, except for the coming of cable TV. Loneliness is almost a religion, and still everyone knows your business. But the town is being outmanoeuvered by drought and begins to empty, pouring itself out like water into sand. Small minds shrink even smaller in the vastness of the land. One man is forced out by council rates and bigotry; another sells his property, risking the lot to build his dream. And all of them are shadowed by violence of some sort - these people whose only victory over the town is in leaving it.
Subjects	Talking books
Genre	Pastoral fiction
Other Names	Dunn, Beverley
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Pastoral fiction . Talking books . See Also: Audiobooks . Authors: Astley, Thea, 1925-2004 . Dunn, Beverley .