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Man In The Shed
Paperback Edition: 1/2009
A boy watches his mother hooked and reeled ashore by a fisherman. A man builds a swing in the backyard to sit between his wife and her lover. A couple gives up their seat on a bus for lovers soon to be parted. A boy
sees his mother come to life gliding on roller skates. Lloyd Jones's The Man in the Shed is a haunting collection of stories about family and longing. Jones's extraordinary tales take conventional family situations and tilts them sideways, delivering a memorable, beautiful blend of the suburban and the surreal.
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Featured in the 31 August 2009 New Zealand newsletter.
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Publisher : Penguin Books
Publication date : 2009-09-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Education / Language / ESOL