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Reviewed on August 1, 2013 | Fiction
In the winter of 1939, with Australia readying for war, plucky teenager Kip Westaway is coming of age as the youngest son of a working-class family in suburban Melbourne. Too young to enlist, Kip keeps himself busy with odd jobs, outwitting the neighborhood toughs, and daydreaming about the beautiful Annabel Crouch. Each subsequent chapter of this splendid mosaic of a novel chronicles a significant day in the life of the Westaway clan, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More