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When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire to the rest of Australi...
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Usborne,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2018. ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Usborne modern classics
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| Summary: |
When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire to the rest of Australia and beyond. But Comity dreams of a different life - where her mother is alive and she has her own horse and a new piano - and sends letters to her grandmother and her snooty aunt full of colourful tales of her imaginary life. That is, until the new station assistant, Quartz Hogg, arrives and bri |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 285 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781409570516 (paperback) : 1409570517 (paperback) |
| CLC: | I561.84 |
| Call Number: | I561.84/M123-2 |