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ISBN 9780732298739 (paperback)
0732298733 (paperback)
Name Adams, Glenda, 1939-2007 author.
Title Longleg / Glenda Adams.
Published Sydney, N.S.W. A&R Classics, 2014
©1990
Description 282 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes Originally published: 1990.
Summary 'It took William Badger some time to understand that he was going to be left behind, deliberately abandoned, what seemed like a thousand miles from home. His mother had simply asked if he would like a nice seaside holiday, and he had said yes.' 'Totally convincing and enjoyable ...[Adams] can sketch characters in a dialogue or two, extract entertainment from ordinary situations, and she captures the mood of suburban Australia.' Sunday Times 'It took William Badger some time to understand that he was going to be left behind, deliberately abandoned, what seemed like a thousand miles from home. His mother had simply asked if he would like a nice seaside holiday, and he had said yes.' When William Badger is ten years old his mother Rose takes him to a boarding house in Manly - Seven Miles from Sydney, and a Thousand Miles from Care. Left there, abandoned by the glorious Rose, who once danced and twirled on her little pointy shoes, William sits in the hedge and waits for her return. But the Rose he longs for never returns; the mother who comes back is much too angry to twirl. The only clue William has to this bewildering change is the name on a document he sees in the dining room sideboard: Longleg, the perfect name for an imaginary friend, or an alter ego...
Subjects Abandoned children -- Fiction
Boardinghouses -- Fiction
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Fiction
Genre Domestic fiction
Australian fiction
Series A&R Australian classics
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