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y separately published work icon The Best Australian Stories 2009 anthology   short story   extract  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Best Australian Stories 2009
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Black Inc. , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Meaning of Life, Mandy Sayer , single work short story (p. 217-230)
All That We Know of Dreaming, Penni Russon , single work short story (p. 231-238)
Intelligence Quotient, Georgia Blain , single work short story

'Just before I turned forty, my mother, who was the only other member of my family still alive, died from a stroke. She left me a small amount of money, enough for a deposit on a semi in a suburb that was not too far from the city, a place where the streets were hilly and treeless, and the houses that hadn’t been knocked down to build huge brick villas remained unrenovated.' (Introduction)

 (p. 239-252)
Dry Land, Steven Amsterdam , extract novel
The rain won’t stop falling. Suburbs are being flooded and washed away. A government representative travels to sinking areas to encourage people to leave before it’s too late.
 (p. 253-268)
The Little Black, John Connell , single work prose (p. 269-275)
That Vain Word No, Brenda Walker , single work short story (p. 276-280)
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