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by Tim Winton.

Acclaimed Australian author, Tim Winton, recalls childhood memories of Christmas holidays in a shack at the beach, the coastal summer idyll and how his relationship with the sea has shaped his adult life.

Read by Stephen Dillane

Abridged and produced by Gaynor Macfarlane.

15 minutes

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Tue 21 Feb 2017 02:45
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