![]() ![]() 'beautiful and absorbing' - Sydney Morning Herald 'resonantly powerful at every bite.Just beautiful' - Australian Women's Weekly 'Beautifully crafted and brimming with warmth' - Who Weekly 'that warm feeling. ![]() It's a lot of work for an old man with shaking hands, but he'll give it a go, as he always has. And there's a special project he has to finish. Mr Wigg is a retired farmer who has recently lost his wife and misses her every day. His grandchildren visit often: to cook, eat and hear his stories. His son is on at him to move into town but Mr Wigg has his fruit trees and his chooks to look after. Things are changing though, with Australia and England playing a one-day match, and his new neighbours planting grapes for wine. He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his produce and, when it's on, watching the cricket. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. It s the summer of 1971, not far from the stone - fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 7.56. ![]() Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. Buy Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson online at Alibris. Mr Wigg captivates to the end' - Good Reading Magazine It's the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. Its the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. ![]()
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