![]() ![]() It contains meditation on aging, gender and the Australian psyche, racism in the cricketing world at the time, the nature of inheritance in rural families, an Anti-Vietnam message, an examination of grief and a consideration of the role of art and creativity, and who has access to it. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. Mr Wigg captivates to the end - Good Reading Magazine 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. There is something for almost everyone, young, old and in-between. Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson - book cover, description. ![]() As a result, this is a book with a wide appeal. Simpson is an accomplished writer with a style that is gentle and decorative without being overwritten. The one up at the old farm, with its hundred-year-old pears leaning over the entrance gates, held more Wigg history than anything written down.Its the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on whats left of the family farm. ![]() Things happened, but the most important aspect of the book was that we got to know Mr Wigg, who is a wonderful, rich character who feels so real I am still not entirely convinced he will not walk into the store. Jack used to say that a good orchard was like a well-lived life. People have said to me, since I finished it, that they cannot believe I liked it- nothing happened! Perhaps these people were not paying close enough attention. ![]()
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