Paddy

Male | Unspecified | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 22

EXTRACT: ..as I opened my eyes, I could hear this ripping sound. And that's what it was. Sophie was standing in front of the wardrobe, with a cut- throat razor in her hand, slashing all my clothes to shreds. I jumped up to take it from her and she turned on me with it. I tell you, Dan, if she'd connected just once, I'd be lying there on the floor now, bloodless and lifeless. Fortunately she was still a bit drunk and unsteady on her feet. At one swish I ducked under her arm..

Aggie

Female | Unspecified | under 3 minutes
Starts on page 32

EXTRACT: I always hoped I'd never have to leave Narrabri. Every person I knew in the world lived there. But Dan had to go where the work was. We couldn't sit and starve. So we came to Sydney and went into that residential. A pokey little room in Surry Hills with the use of a kitchen! Oh, it was awful. The kids weren't allowed to do this and you weren't allowed to go there. We'd all been used to running free and now we were harnessed. And lonely!

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SISTER VERONICA BRADY, CURRENCY PRESS

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