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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 4Stories: Story 1
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Miriam sits, exhausted, in the coffee shop with her baby Philip worrying about an upcoming pharmacy exam for which she has not had time to prepare. She tries to avoid the homeless man selling The Big Issue. Philip seems transfixed by a woman in wraparound sunglasses at another table. Miriam wonders about her own attractiveness and regrets her ruined marriage.

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    y separately published work icon 4Stories Matt Blackwood , Australia : Matt Blackwood , 2011 Z1870558 2011 selected work short story Four narrated stories are heard from four different perspectives, set in different seats across a table of an outdoor cafe in Degraves Street, Melbourne Australia. Australia : Matt Blackwood , 2011
    Note: This story is available as an audio file only.
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