Paperback. Peter Prior describes the precious moments of his childhood in Northern Territory, Australia; the north of which was also known as Long Grass Country. Growing up with six other siblings, he recalls their daily struggles as they join in building their lives and a home, each by contributing in daily chores from the sunrise to the sunset, like clockwork. Their lives slowly start to transform when they begin attending a boarding school. When it is Peter's turn, he faces bullying at school and faces that alone. The family's spirit is never broken with hardship, until a tropical cyclone, Tracy, destroys their home and their city, Darwin, on Christmas, 1974. They barely survive with their lives but everything they built is destroyed. Delivered in such powerful orchestration of words that will transport you to the twentieth century Australia, Long Grass Calling is a rapt journey into the "old is gold". Peter Prior describes the precious moments of his childhood in Northern Territory, Australia; the north of which was also known as Long Grass Country. Growing up with six other siblings, he recalls their daily struggles as they join in building their lives and a home, each by contributing in daily chores from the sunrise to the sunset, Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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T�tulo: Long Grass Calling: A Fortunate Childhood (Paperback)
Editor: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers, Cambridge
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2026
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1837948658
ISBN 13: 9781837948659
Encuadernaci�n: Paperback
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Peter Prior describes the precious moments of his childhood in Northern Territory, Australia; the north of which was also known as Long Grass Country. Growing up with six other siblings, he recalls their daily struggles as they join in building their lives and a home, each by contributing in daily chores from the sunrise to the sunset, like clockwork. Their lives slowly start to transform when they begin attending a boarding school. When it is Peter's turn, he faces bullying at school and faces that alone. The family's spirit is never broken with hardship, until a tropical cyclone, Tracy, destroys their home and their city, Darwin, on Christmas, 1974. They barely survive with their lives but everything they built is destroyed. Delivered in such powerful orchestration of words that will transport you to the twentieth century Australia, Long Grass Calling is a rapt journey into the "old is gold".

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Peter Prior became a letter writer, like his mother, at the age of eight ‎in 1967. His first letter was to his grandfather. He used his best ‎writing with big round letters, because he knew his grandfather used a ‎large magnifying glass to read with. His grandfather responded two ‎weeks later with a two-page letter and he included a brand new $20 ‎note. Over the years, his letter writing evolved into short stories ‎especially when he was at boarding school and in his early adult ‎years. At the age of twenty-four, he sat down at a typewriter to see if ‎he could write a book. His mother was impressed, but after a few ‎years, he felt his work lacked life experience, so he put his typewriter ‎away and got himself a life. Thirty years later, he sat down at a ‎keyboard and allowed his fingers to do the talking. Long Grass ‎Calling - A Fortunate Childhood was born and the Long Grass trilogy ‎was conceived. His mother was impressed and thanked him for giving ‎her back her memories of her children as children. She was eighty-‎four years old.‎

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