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- Published 20200427
- ISBN: 9781922268761
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

Listen to author Laura Elvery read aloud her short story ‘The town turns over’, a poignant exploration of ageing, memory and endings.
This story appears in Griffith Review 68: Getting On (you can read the story here).
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