Description
In 1960s inner-Melbourne, a boy in Fitzroy navigates the small, defining moments that shape a life—street-corner lessons, family tensions, first friendships, and the quiet disappointments that come with growing up. Across ten linked stories, his world sharpens from childhood wonder into a more complicated understanding of loyalty, masculinity, and belonging. With vivid, grounded storytelling and a keen eye for atmosphere, the book captures how identity is forged through everyday encounters rather than grand declarations. Part coming-of-age portrait and part emotional mosaic, it explores the ways we “shadowbox” our fears and hopes until they become part of who we are.
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paperback
Scribe Publications
Published Jan 1, 2009
178 pages
ISBN: 9781922247681
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First Published
2009
Language
eng
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