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Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 The Shack
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Frank Harris is an old man with a grown son, Christopher, who has an intellectual disability. They live on the same piece of land, Christopher in a separate asbestos shed so he can be independent. He recalls the difficulties he had raising Chris. Frank is ill with what is likely lung cancer, and he has discovered he doesn't actually own his land. He tries to make arrangements for Chris' care after he dies.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Lung cancer, unspecified intellectual disability.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Long Paddock Writing Disability vol. 76 no. 2 2016 10762465 2016 periodical issue 2016
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