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050		4	_aPR9619.4
082	0	4	_a823.9 _223
100	1		_aMoriarty, Cass
245	1	4	_aThe Promise Seed / _cCass Moriarty.
260			_aSt Lucia, Queensland _bUniversity of Queensland Press _c2015
300			_a304 p. _c23 x 16 cm
520			_aTo tell you the truth, I kinda felt sorry for the kid. There was something in his eyes that stirred a memory inside me. For a moment, I was him, I was that boy hiding by the woodshed ...An elderly man, living alone in the suburbs, thinks back on his life - the missed opportunities, the shocking betrayals, the rare moments of joy. When his ten-year-old neighbour hides in his garden one afternoon, they begin an unexpected friendship that offers a reprieve from their individual struggles. The boy, often left on his own by his mother, finds solace in gardening and playing chess with his new friend, who is still battling the demons of his past. As a sinister figure enters the boy's life, he must choose between a burgeoning friendship and blood ties. Can the old man protect the boy he has come to know - and redeem the boy he once was?
650			_aChildren and older people _vFiction.
650			_aRedemption _v Fiction.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
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