Summary of Trent Dalton's Love Stories

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#1 I believe in love. I believe in the songs of Barry Gibb and text messages from family and friends. I believe in duck-diving under waves at Burleigh Heads, laughing until your ribs hurt in the Birdsville Hotel, and talking to the sky on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

#2 She tells me a love story about believing. She’s always believed in love as affection, the smitten kind of love, but over the years, she’s come to believe in a different kind of love that’s pulling the strings of our lives.

#3 The author met her husband, Norm Clark, at a fencing class. She thought it was the most absurd question ever when Carolyn asked her if she wanted to go to a fencing class with her.

#4 Norm Clark was a listener and a talker. He was a man of science who would one day devote his life to research into acoustics and vibrations at the CSIRO. He was a member of an exclusive cheap living room club of rapier-witted conversationalists and coffee guzzlers who called themselves the Dawn-Busting Phantoms.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350017823

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I believe in love. I believe in the songs of Barry Gibb and text messages from family and friends. I believe in duck-diving under waves at Burleigh Heads, laughing until your ribs hurt in the Birdsville Hotel, and talking to the sky on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

#2

She tells me a love story about believing. She’s always believed in love as affection, the smitten kind of love, but over the years, she’s come to believe in a different kind of love that’s pulling the strings of our lives.

#3

The author met her husband, Norm Clark, at a fencing class. She thought it was the most absurd question ever when Carolyn asked her if she wanted to go to a fencing class with her.

#4

Norm Clark was a listener and a talker. He was a man of science who would one day devote his life to research into acoustics and vibrations at the CSIRO. He was a member of an exclusive cheap living room club of rapier-witted conversationalists and coffee guzzlers who called themselves the Dawn-Busting Phantoms.

#5

I believe in Helen Clark, the one from Waikato, New Zealand, and the one from Gunnedah, New South Wales. I believe supermodels have feelings, too. I believe in curried egg sandwiches for lunch, staring through telescopes at midnight, flipping through World War II diaries, and the never-say-die attitudes of bathroom-tile cockroaches stuck on their backs.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Only two of us in the small circle of five are able to see each other clearly. Me with the typewriter and Cassie, the black Labrador guide dog with the sloppy kisses. Cassie’s owner, Rene Crawley, is blind. But she loves her daughter and grandson very much.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The author met with Robert, who was retiring after delivering letters across Brisbane on a motorcycle. He explained that he had a lot of love in his life, and that it followed him around. He said that people wanted to be a part of his sphere.

#2

Robert was born in Wrexham, North Wales. He met a classmate who was part of an amateur dramatics society, and he soon realized he wanted to act. He later landed a place at London’s prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

#3

Robert and Julia sold their home in East