Peter Prior describes the precious moments of his childhood in Northern Territory, Australia; the ‎north of which was also known as Long Grass Country. Growing up with six other siblings, he ‎recalls their daily struggles as they join in building their lives and a home, each by contributing in ‎daily chores from the sunrise to the sunset, like clockwork. Their lives slowly start to transform ‎when they begin attending a boarding school. When it is Peter's turn, he faces bullying at school ‎and faces that alone. The family's spirit is never broken with hardship, until a tropical cyclone, ‎Tracy, destroys their home and their city, Darwin, on Christmas, 1974. They barely survive with ‎their lives but everything they built is destroyed. Delivered in such powerful orchestration of words ‎that will transport you to the twentieth century Australia, Long Grass Calling is a rapt journey into ‎the "old is gold".‎

About the Author

Peter Prior became a letter writer, like his mother, at the age of eight ‎in 1967. His first letter was to his grandfather. He used his best ‎writing with big round letters, because he knew his grandfather used a ‎large magnifying glass to read with. His grandfather responded two ‎weeks later with a two-page letter and he included a brand new $20 ‎note. Over the years, his letter writing evolved into short stories ‎especially when he was at boarding school and in his early adult ‎years. At the age of twenty-four, he sat down at a typewriter to see if ‎he could write a book. His mother was impressed, but after a few ‎years, he felt his work lacked life experience, so he put his typewriter ‎away and got himself a life. Thirty years later, he sat down at a ‎keyboard and allowed his fingers to do the talking. Long Grass ‎Calling - A Fortunate Childhood was born and the Long Grass trilogy ‎was conceived. His mother was impressed and thanked him for giving ‎her back her memories of her children as children. She was eighty-‎four years old.‎

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