TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simpson,Inga
TI  - Willowman
SN  - 9780733634550
U1  - A823.4 23/eng/20221021
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Sydney, NSW
PB  - Hachette Australia
KW  - Cricket for women
KW  - Australia
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Cricket players
KW  - Family business enterprises
KW  - Melbourne
KW  - Cricket bats
KW  - Manufacture
KW  - fast
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Music
KW  - Siblings
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Victoria
KW  - Melbourne (Vic.)
KW  - Australian
KW  - AUS fiction (Queensland)
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Sports fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Domestic fiction
N1  - "One stroke of luck can change your life" -- Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-403); General
N2  - "Reader Cricket Bats, one of the last traditional batmakers back in England, has a contemporary home in the Antipodes, with Allan Reader keeping the family business alive in a small workshop in Melbourne. When Todd Harrow, a gifted young batter, catches Allan's eye, a spark is lit and Allan decides to make a Reader bat for him, selecting the best piece of willow he's harvested in years to do so. As Harrow charts a meteoric rise to the highest echelons of the sport, leaving his equally talented sister's dreams in his wake, Allan's magical bat takes centre stage as well, awakening something in him. But can Allan's fledgling renaissance -- hanging as it does on the magic of that bat -- carry on after Harrow is stricken by injury and a strained personal life?"--Back cover
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