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    View From The Hill
    View From The Hill
    View From The Hill
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    View From The Hill

    By Caro Mundt

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    Carmudgeonly Milton 'Millie' Malone and his long-suffering wife, Dulcie, sell their farm and move to town, looking forward to a rest from their labours. Newly wealthy, they take with them little beyond Millie's La-Z-Boy recliner and, of course, their working dog, Blue. Dulcie's not convinced that Blue belongs in an urban setting, but the situation has its benefits--She relishes her time spent alone while Millie takes Blue for a daily walk on a nearby scenic lookout. Life is uncomplicated, and the couple do get some rest--But then Blue dies. Millie mopes, becoming even more impossible, till Dulcie brings him home a tiny pup. The old farmer is not yet reconciled to 'Cyril' when further tragedy strikes. Will Millie and Cyril cope? Will their relationship strengthen? It's a long way back to the top of the hill.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaro Mundt
    Release dateDec 18, 2015
    ISBN9781311744784
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    Caro Mundt

    Born South Taranaki, New Zealand.Lived and worked in Australia and Canada,travelled widely in the US, especially Wisconsin and Montana.Interested in matters of rural independence, identity and culture--whatever that means.Ambition: to see a sasquatch before I die. But not die when I see a sasquatch.

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      View From The Hill - Caro Mundt

      VIEW FROM THE HILL

      By Caro Mundt

      Copyright 2014 by C.L. Mundt

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      View From The Hill

      At the age of 75, after a particularly grievous bout of gumboot toe, Milton 'Millie' Malone agreed to sell his farm to neighbour, Vern Aherne. Vern had set his sights on a National Party nomination and was enthusiastically making himself bigger in every way.

      Dulcie Malone thought it was about time. She had never taken to dairy farming, even after 45 years on some of the prettiest pastures in Taranaki. None of their boys was interested in ri rounding up friesians in the misty morning chill, and, if any of the girls were, they weren't asked and didn't say. The land, parts of which were layered half a metre deep with the crumbling shell middens of earlier occupiers, had been in Malone hands for 140 years.

      With the flick of a pen, after decades of asset-rich, cash-poor striving, Dulcie and Millie became multi-millionaires.

      Vern wanted to put a sharemilker in the homestead right away, so Millie and Dulcie had to quickly decide where they were going to live. In his heart Millie would

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