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The narrator, a woman, reflects on the destruction of buildings in Whitehart Lane, a place where she went to find oblivion in opium after the stillbirth of her son.
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yMyStoryMy Story2012Z18700512012anthology short story A collection of twelve stories, downloadable in print or as mp3 recordings, by Tony Birch, Matt Blackwood, Barry Dickins and Cate Kennedy. The stories in this collection are based on the following idea:
Imagine standing in a laneway.
A laneway that you've never explored or one that you've walked down hundreds of times before, and from your mobile phone, an author reads you a unique story set in the very place that you're standing.
The stories in the collection can be located on the map at http://www.mystoryworld.com.au/map.php2012