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Do you parents fill you up with their faults and add a few extra ones as a special bonus? Rob meets Charis at the same time as he is making contact with is estranged father. Charis and her past are soon extra complications in a family tragedy that threatens to derail Rob's plans for their future together.
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GUYS can read? Hell yeah, and they can listen too. You'll love the eight stories in this collection because they each have something about them that appeals to male readers. Or might do. Not that females won’t like them, especially. Anyway, there’s no saccharine romance, no vampires and no soppy happy endings. But there are also no zombies, no dragons and no explosions. There is humor, there is sport and there are cars. There’s sadness and reality, wives and girlfriends, mates, success and f ...
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In Part 2 of Home & Hardware, things get complicated as John tries to help Jack move on from his troubled past.
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In Part 1 of Home & Hardware, Jack and John are both looking for a new start as they begin their new jobs.
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In Part 2 of "No Room in the Bin", Rob's stragne behaviour starts to take over hsi life and things start to unravel even before Santa visits.
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In Part 1 of "No Room in the Bin", Rob's curiosity about his neighbours gets the better of him in the lead up to Christmas.
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In Part 2 of Spillage, the mysterious black BMW that had ended up in the workshop is a distraction from the main game.
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Part 1 of Spillage. Craig struggles to keep things under control at his small and quirky smash repair business.
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In Part 2 of Pick Me! Pick Me!, Steve tries to keep his wits about him while heading to political oblivion
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Part 1 of Pick Me! Pick Me! Steve finds out he's been drafted into a polictical battle he really can't win.
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Three quirky little stories - Lost, I Can Touch The Walls, and Threadbare.
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Part 2 of Performance Anxiety. The whole season, and indeed their entire careers, are at risk of coming unstuck for Jarrod and his team mates.
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Part 1 of Performance Anxiety. Meet Jarrod, star footballer, and his beautiful, intelligent fiance. But things aren't going well at the club.
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Rob sees his father for the last time. Rob and Charis marry and set up home in a small flat, while taking over the running of the bookshop from Doris and Hector.
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Rob has never seen anything like what happens to them during the church service. People from Charis' past welcome her but Rob does not learn why these people and event sare significant. Rob moves back home and has to redefine boundaries with his mother. Charis explains her past and the legacy that drove her to get involved with Gracie.…
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Stuart takes control of the funeral arrangements, taking credit for the eulogy that he delivered but that Rob wrote. Charis takes Rob on a journey into her past as they attend church together.
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Hope for Bevan's recovery fades. Rob and Charis are reconciled. The family gathers at Bevan's bedside - apart from Chris, who has cracked under the pressure and can't be found. Rob and Charis eventually track him down and bring him to the hospital. Bevan passes away.
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Bevan and Vicki get married in hospital. Rob's Mum and Phil see each other for the first time since their divorce hearing in court. The wedding goes off as well as could be expected, but raw nerves are just below the surface.
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The impact of Charis' actions put strain on her relationship with Rob. Chris' behaviour becomes more and more inappropriate as the stress of Bevan's poor health impacts him. The news that none of Bevan's full siblings are suitable donors places more pressure on the family. Bevan and Vicki decide to get married, but the issue of Phil's attendance sp…
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The news on the progress of Bevan's illness is not good. The stress puts pressure on the family and the Chris and Vicki axis explodes first. Charis takes matters into her own hands and approaches Grace directly about her children being tested as potential donors for Bevan. Grace is furious,and issues an ultimatum to Rob.…
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Rob's flatmates, Benny and Jude, breakup at Christmas time. Charis' family becomes involved in Bevan's illness, while Rob thinks about family funerals he has attended. There is an ominous undertone to Stuart's departure. Rob's Mum finds out that Rob has been in contact with her ex-husband, and she is very upset - although her curiosity soon bubbles…
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Rob remembers the day his father left the family - the music, what his mother said and did. Phil arranges to see Bevan in hospital with Rob's mother finding out. Stuart arrives home from overseas accompanied by an unexpected fiance. There are also unexpected tensions within the family as the worry overBevan's health grows. Phil sees bevan for the f…
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Rob reflects on his father's life before and after he emigrated from Ireland to Australia and how his history has driven his life towards its current reality. A dinner party at Rob's place goes badly when Charis clashes with one of rob's flatmates and their vacuous attitudes. Bevan begins treatment, and it makes him very ill. Phil finds out about B…
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Rob and Charis finally meet Rob's Dad and his "new" family. Phil and Grace's life has things in common with the family home Rob remembers, but also some striking differences. Rob's brother Bevan finds himself in hospital, and the diagnosis is a shock to the family.
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Rob has mixed feelings about the jobs he has had since leaving university,including working on a country newspaper and helping his brothers to renovate houses. When Charis meets Rob's flatmates, her independence and individuality are highlighted by their shallowness and superficiality.
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Rob and his new girlfriend Charis meet each other's parents over dinner, a landmark in their relationship. Doris and Hector, the owners of the bookstore where Charis works, share their thoughts on parenthood.
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Twelve years after his father left the family, Rob reaches out to contact him for the first time. After an awkward phone conversation, they agree to meet.
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