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* Contents derived from the
Milsons Point,
North Sydney - Lane Cove area,
Sydney Northern Suburbs,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Vintage Australia
, 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, single work short story (p. 1-4)
- Ismini, single work short story (p. 5-13)
- The Ham Museum, single work short story (p. 14-18)
- Mandarin, single work short story (p. 19-34)
- The Cucumber Sandwich and the Science of Life, single work prose (p. 52-56)
-
One Small Potato,
single work
short story
Malcolm Fletcher is a disenchanted school teacher, struggling to keep to his doctor's prescribed diet for his weight. On the last day of school, he finds that Ben Burton, a fifth grader, has brought his deaf and mute sister Annie to class.
Fletcher initially mocks Ben and wishes Annie weren't in his class, but he soon discovers after setting the class a poetry writing task that Annie is literate. Fletcher interrogates Ben on Annie's intelligence, growing disgusted at his own neglect, and declares Annie will begin to come to school. He leaves the school with renewed cheer at the thought of a child needing him as a teacher.
- Food of the Gods, single work short story (p. 67-75)
- Smorgasbord, single work short story (p. 86-94)
- A Cup of Tea with Gran, single work short story (p. 95-102)
- The Alpha-Jerk Field, single work short story humour satire (p. 165-185)
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