My mother disliked the sea

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  • Published 20211102
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-65-8
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

My mother disliked the sea

after we arrived in Australia. She would say,

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Peter Skrzynecki

Peter Skrzynecki is an award-winning author of twenty books of poetry and prose. He is an adjunct associate professor at Western Sydney University.

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