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    A Slip of the Tongue
    A Slip of the Tongue
    A Slip of the Tongue
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    A Slip of the Tongue

    By Belinda Broughton

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    “This is distilled cartography of a woman’s life. From a child’s-eye view of drought and hardship in the outback to the pains and love of motherhood, Broughton turns her lens of brevity and poignancy on a rich life. With meticulous observation (‘a mopoke echoes its own hollow song’), wry humour (‘my mother is

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateNov 20, 2018
    ISBN9781760416553
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