The ballad of Frank and Hazel

Featured in

  • Published 20051206
  • ISBN: 9780733316722
  • Extent: 252 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm)

EARLY IN THE summer of 1978, I drove from St Kilda to my home town of Eildon in rural Victoria for the single purpose of saying hello to my father. I arrived in the early afternoon, gave my stepmother a kiss and walked out to the backyard. I knew I’d find Frank under the apple tree on the rickety banana lounge he’d rescued from the tip.

“Came up in that little bomb, did you?” he asked.

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au

Share article

More from author

The fire this time

MemoirTHE BUSHFIRE DEBRIS descends from the night sky with a strangely graceful motion, as if swimming. Leaves and twigs settle softly on the grass,...

More from this edition

Families on the frontier

EssayWhen I met Maree Inggall in the foyer of her Sydney hotel, she had travelled from Melbourne to the clinic of Sydney IVF for...

Paradise

FictionSelected for Best Australian Stories 2006IN THE BEGINNING there is Eden. We all move into the same house. It is a new house. All...

The legacy of Rita Marquand

FictionSelected for Best Australian Stories 2006THE FIRST RITA Marquand oil painting I ever saw was at a garage sale on the sloping lawn of...

Stay up to date with the latest, news, articles and special offers from Griffith Review.