The best paddock

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  • Published 20041203
  • ISBN: 9780733313509
  • Extent: 236 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm)

A DECADE AGO, Debbie Thiele remembers putting the phone down, heart thumping, head buzzing with the news that she had been selected as a finalist in ABC Radio’s inaugural Rural Woman of the Year award.

Through the kitchen window she could see the rolling dust from a car coming down the road. It pulled to a stop, a man stepped out.

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