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Long and Short Australian Stories
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Released on April 11, 2012, this collection of Short Stories differs from the 'Life and Love' series by v…more

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Shelleyrae at Book'd Out

This is the second volume of stories I have read at the request of self published Australian author, Margaret Lynne Sharp. The first, A Taste of Life and Love in Australia contains 28 engaging stories that provide a pleasant afternoon's reading, and this collection is not dissimilar.

There are 20 vignettes of varying length in Long and Short stories of Australia, though most are less than half a dozen pages long. Primarily they feature relationships - sometimes beginning, occasionally ending. Eac
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Brenda
Long and Short Australian Stories is made up of twenty different romantic tales, mostly short, sweet and to the point. The first and last are a little longer, delving deeper into different aspects of life, love and family.

I’ve chosen to review the first of these stories, Run While You’re Young:

Rebecca had one year of schooling remaining with her domineering parents pushing her continually, so when Rebecca informed her parents she was in love with Daniel, all they could see was his standing in li
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Chris
Sep 27, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition