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These discussions of the critical reception of women's writing in both the popular and the academic press were originally presented together in a session of the AULLA Congress in Melbourne, February 1985.
Sandra, a busy young mother living on an outback station, has guests staying and has painstakingly prepared a fancy dessert for their dinner. When her husband's partner from the neighbouring property arrives, with guests of his own, the dessert becomes the focus of a disturbing encounter.