Monday, August 17, 2009

Willstown folk

The people who came to meet the aeroplane in trucks were bronzed, healthy,
and humorous; the men were mostly great big tanned, competent people; the
women candid, uncomplaining housewives.

Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice (London:Pan Books, 1961), 308.

This description has the ring of truth about it, don't you think. Even if you'd not met any country folk, you'd feel you knew them.

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