On a rainy summer afternoon a woman turns up on Bernadette's doorstep. Her long, floral dress and brown leather boots tell a story of illfittedness, of shifting in and out of places. Her baby-fine ginger hair spills around her shoulders, too slippery for knots. Her eyes are restless. Flighty like a sparrow. My name is Georgia, she says. I saw you in town and I knew it was you. Bernadette's solititude is punctured for good. Bernadette's sister Andrea sometimes wonders whether they've come from the same stable. Bernadette never had disconnection notices stuffed in her drawer, never spent a night passed out in someone's backyard, got sunburnt, lost track of time, ate so much that she felt like throwing up. There were cracks, no corners where damp was creeping up. But it also made her easy to be with. There were no surprises. And visiting her felt like coming home. Andrea has been singing at the top of her lungs for years and now her voice is hoarse. So she drops in on Bernadette and it's there that she meets Georgia. Shelter is a story about people taking cover from pain and the lengths that they go to, to protect themselves / Master of Arts (Hons) Communication and Media
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/182247 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Hooker, Ashleigh, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences, School of Communication, Design and Media |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Source | THESIS_CAESS_CDM_Hooker_A.xml |
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