More than two stories

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  • ISBN: 9781922079961
  • Extent: 264 pp
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A FRIEND ASKED me what drew me to live in Tasmania on and off for the past thirty years. I sketched an outline of the island on a blank page in my notebook.

‘It’s a heart,’ I said.

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