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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Set in the early 90s, when the country is dealing with recession and increased unemployment, this charming debut novel celebrates the working class battlers of outer suburban Melbourne. Ron is an experienced fossicker at garage sales, roadside hard rubbish and Trading Post listings, but is having trouble since his wife died. A chance meeting with a troubled woman at the local CES office sees him take on her son, 19yo Joseph, as his offsider. Joseph is listless and lost, but as the story unfolds the reasons for this are made clear. Together these two odd characters learn from each other, and the hope that one day the trash piles will turn out an authentic treasure - like a Fred McCubbin original - fuels their searches. A novel full of heart that examines life on the outside of luck, without sentimentality but with a lot of gentle sympathy. Lindy
The Pines, an outer Melbourne suburb down on its luck. A country in the grip of recession.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Set in the early 90s, when the country is dealing with recession and increased unemployment, this charming debut novel celebrates the working class battlers of outer suburban Melbourne. Ron is an experienced fossicker at garage sales, roadside hard rubbish and Trading Post listings, but is having trouble since his wife died. A chance meeting with a troubled woman at the local CES office sees him take on her son, 19yo Joseph, as his offsider. Joseph is listless and lost, but as the story unfolds the reasons for this are made clear. Together these two odd characters learn from each other, and the hope that one day the trash piles will turn out an authentic treasure - like a Fred McCubbin original - fuels their searches. A novel full of heart that examines life on the outside of luck, without sentimentality but with a lot of gentle sympathy. Lindy
