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A man stubbornly refuses the entreaties of his wife to replace their old buggy with a car. When a crisis proves the courage and value of horses she changes her mind, with the result that he changes his.
A young woman copes with her relatives by pretending she lives in a boarding house and that they are not related to her. When she is knocked down by a car she unwittingly helps a man cope with his estranged wife.
May talks to Ethel Turner about her writing, particularly its influence beyond Australia, and the literary achievements of her daughter, Jean Curlewis.