Time's Long Ruin [1]
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Summary [6]
[7] Nine-year-old Henry Page is a club-footed, deep-thinking loner, spending his summer holidays reading, roaming the melting streets of his suburb, playing with his best friend Janice, and her younger brother and sister. Until one day Janice asks Henry to spend the day at the beach with them. He declines, a decision that will stay with him forever. Time's Long Ruin is based loosely on the disappearance of the Beaumont children from Glenelg beach on Australia Day, 1966. It's a novel about friendship, love and loss; a story about those left behind, and how they carry on. --Publisher
National Year of Reading Winner! [8]
[7] This is one of the 8 winning titles, voted by Australians for the National Year of Reading 2012 collection http://www.love2read.org.au/our-story.cfm