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The Great Divide single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Great Divide
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The narrator is largely raised by his Aunt Ruby while his parents run the pub. When he goes away to school he quickly forgets all that Aunty Ruby had done for him, but eventually has the opportunity to reunite her with one of her lost children.

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    y separately published work icon Disreputable People Penelope Rowe , Milsons Point : Vintage Australia , 1998 Z402056 1998 selected work short story 'From the scandalous, wry and blackly comic, to the reflective and deeply moving, these stories...explore the lives of families, friends and rivals with insight, economy and grace.' (Source: back cover) Milsons Point : Vintage Australia , 1998 pg. 23-32
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