across bars and laundromats and universities
Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her "caregiver
Tintin scours Egypt and India
curried bubble and squeak
bureaucratic legacy
Australia Day Early Learning across bars and laundromats andAustralia Day is a collection of stories by debut author Melanie Cheng. The people she writes abut are young, old, rich, poor, married, widowed, Chinese, Lebanese, Christian, Muslim. What they have in common no matter where they come from is the desire we all share to feel that we belong. The stories explore universal themes of love, loss, family and identity, while at the same time asking crucial questions about the possibility of human connection in