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Mears describes this story as 'not strictly fiction', but more a 'factional family essay'.
(Source: 'The Unflinching Gaze: In Conversation with Gillian Mears', interview by Emma Sorensen in Antipodes, vol.16 no.2, December 2002, p.127.)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Appears in:
yRisksBrenda Walker
(editor),
South Fremantle:Fremantle Press,1996Z1257391996anthology short story extract South Fremantle:Fremantle Press,1996
(
1996
)
pg.82-105
Appears in:
yCollected StoriesGillian Mears,
St Lucia:University of Queensland Press,1997Z1797371997selected work short story St Lucia:University of Queensland Press,1997