My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin - Libros -  - 9798687232784 - 23 de enero de 2021
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My Brilliant Career

Book Excerpt: ...at, which in rainy weather swelled to a stream which swept all before it. Possum Gully is one of the best watered spots in the district, and in that respect has stood to its guns in the bitterest drought. Use and knowledge have taught us the full value of its fairly clear and beautifully soft water. Just then, however, coming from the mountains where every gully had its limpid creek, we turned in disgust from the idea of having to drink this water. I felt cramped on our new run. It was only three miles wide at its broadest point. Was I always, always, always to live here, and never, never, never to go back to Bruggabrong? That was the burden of the grief with which I sobbed myself to sleep on the first night after our arrival. Mother felt dubious of her husband's ability to make a living off a thousand acres, half of which were fit to run nothing but wallabies, but father was full of plans, and very sanguine concerning his future. He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies aro...

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Publicado 23 de enero de 2021
ISBN13 9798687232784
Páginas 254
Dimensiones 152 × 229 × 13 mm   ·   344 g
Lengua Inglés  

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