The Fine Color of Rust (32 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2012 by Paddy O'Reilly

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

O'Reilly, P. A. (Paddy A.)

    The fine color of rust: a novel / by P. A. O'Reilly. — 1st Washington Square Press paperback ed.

       p. cm.

    1. Single mothers—Australia—Fiction. 2. Country life—Australia—Fiction.

3. School closings—Australia—Fiction. I. Title.

    PR9619.4.O74F56 2012

    823'.92—dc23

2012021636

ISBN 978-1-4516-7816-1

ISBN 978-1-4516-7817-8 (ebook)