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Wendy Varley's avatar

What a brilliant portrait of your patch of NZ suburbia, Leah. Moved through it like an "in-one-take" tracking shot.

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Leah McFall's avatar

Thank you Wendy xxx

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Hooker Phil's avatar

Reading this in a chair, by the fire, almost falling asleep, it is so familiar. Great read. How do you spell suburban New Zealand.

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Leah McFall's avatar

Oh that sounds lovely!

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Alan Doak's avatar

I love this piece so much. 😍

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Leah McFall's avatar

You’re a good mate, Alan

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Paula's avatar

Love

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Ineka Vogels's avatar

Lovely, lovely, lovely!

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Leah McFall's avatar

💛

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Sarah Thomas's avatar

Miles and miles away in south west Cornwall, UK, I am enjoying this, and rereading to mull over your sentence structures and phrasing. Nice work!

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Leah McFall's avatar

Oh lucky you, Sarah! 💜

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Jane Bloomfield's avatar

Beyond the twitching curtains. Brilliant as always, Leah, my fellow Luncheon Sausage Books filly. Neigh!! X

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Leah McFall's avatar

🐴😍

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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

Nice. I only heard of it in Legend... as I was an Aro Valley... Cuba street ragamuffin.

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Leah McFall's avatar

Oh no Karori way too square! Although I lived on Aro St in the early 2000s

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Obsidian Blackbird.'s avatar

WOW. I was there Opposite the bakery... 1995. A simpler time.

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Dan's avatar

Love you for this Leah, and actually, for all of your writing.

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Leah McFall's avatar

I love you BACK! Thanks Dan

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