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Three years old she was when the scrap man came and paid her father nine shillings and sixpence. She was chosen over the rest of her siblings; suddenly she belonged to the scrap man while memories of her family faded. Living in a dilapidated jumble of belongings, her name was You; there was Wife and Big Girl – all cowered when the scrap man was angry.
Seasonally the horse was harnessed to the cart and they ventured out to sell, buy, steal and trick – meandering across the countryside, rememberin ...more
Seasonally the horse was harnessed to the cart and they ventured out to sell, buy, steal and trick – meandering across the countryside, rememberin ...more
Her is an atmospheric and enveloping timepiece of early 1900’s Australia where isolation and deprivation are all, and trinkets and compliments are commodities unheard of for the youth central to this story.
I've not read many books that have had such a lasting effect as the characters, Lily in particular, has on me. Sold to the man commonly referred to as the ’Scrap Man’ as a child, Lily knows nothing but the harshness of his hand and word alike. Living on an farm, somewhat segregated from the gr ...more
I've not read many books that have had such a lasting effect as the characters, Lily in particular, has on me. Sold to the man commonly referred to as the ’Scrap Man’ as a child, Lily knows nothing but the harshness of his hand and word alike. Living on an farm, somewhat segregated from the gr ...more
Aug 12, 2017
Donna
marked it as to-read
