A LOOK OVER THE EDGE

By Jeanie Crago

ISBN 0 85905 294 X

 A Look Over the Edge is like a detour off the well-worn road into the outback of Western Australia. Follow the story of five children, sense the courage of Tom, catch the spirit of adventure of life on the road and fence line, where the windmill was home base and the horizon the boundary. Feel the dust in your teeth, mustering goats. Glimpse the glitter of gold at Dead Finish. You will be pulled over "the edge" into the wonder of this country - into a story uniquely Australian.
Thoughts on "A Look Over the Edge"
from Australian Singer/Songwriter Graeme Connors
As a songwriter I have for many years now kept a songwriting diary - a loose record of thoughts and ideas to hopefully fill the gaps between the inspired and not so inspired times. Reading "A Look Over the Edge" by Jeanie Crago has inspired me to another resolution - to extend my diary to include the day to day - to faithfully record the seemingly little things in life - for - as Jeanie shows us so beautifully in her writing - it's in these little things that life is truly led. We often fail to recognize the history, humour or pathos in events as they happen and not until some distance has been gained do we see the beauty, complexity and sadness of life. Thank you Jeanie for recording your time and place - thank you for the events, characters and images that there yours and now have become ours through your experience and work. Taking the journey with you has been wonderful. PS. Is that just the wind I hear or could it be Tom whispering "You've Done Us Proud"?

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