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h s A e Fiv a n Ti dit: e o cr ot h P Sarah Brill grew up in Perth and began writing at the age of 15. She initially focused on playwrighting but also wrote for film and radio. Her play Who the Fuck is Erica Price was first performed in 1996 and is still occasionally performed today. Her first novel, Glory, which dealt with anorexia, was published by Spinifex Press in 2002. After the birth of her children Sarah became interested in sustainability and permaculture. In 2017 she completed a Masters of Sustainable Built Environment and currently works for a local government council in resource recovery. Sarah lives in Sydney with her partner and three sons. Symphony for the Man is her second novel. 1 JM014121 Other books by Sarah Brill Glory (2002) 2 JM014121 SYMPHONY FOR THE MAN Sarah Brill 3 JM014121 First published by Spinifex Press, 2020 Spinifex Press Pty Ltd PO Box 5270, North Geelong, VIC 3215, Australia PO Box 105, Mission Beach, QLD 4852, Australia [email protected] www.spinifexpress.com.au Copyright © Sarah Brill, 2020 The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of the book. Copying for educational purposes Information in this book may be reproduced in whole or part for study or training purposes, subject to acknowledgement of the source and providing no commercial usage or sale of material occurs. Where copies of part or whole of the book are made under part VB of the Copyright Act, the law requires that prescribed procedures be followed. For information contact the Copyright Agency Limited. Edited by Pauline Hopkins, Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne Cover design by Deb Snibson, MAPG Typesetting by Helen Christie, Blue Wren Books Typeset in Berling Printed by McPherson’s Printing Group A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia ISBN: 9781925950069 (paperback) ISBN: 9781925950076 (ebook) 4 JM014121 This book is for those of us who dream big while living on government subsidies that are too small. 5 JM014121 6 JM014121 It’s winter, 1999, the first time I see him from the bus. He looks lost. Lonely. Cold. I think about what I could do for him. How I could help. I think about it from Bondi to Circular Quay. I think about sitting next to him and talking. I think about giving him all the money I have. I think about taking him home and putting him in a bath and making him soup from scratch. I think of all these things and more and none of them seem right. So I do nothing. But I think about it. I think about what he needs and what I could give him. I decide to write a symphony. A symphony for the man I saw from the bus. 1 7 JM014121 8 JM014121 FIRST 9 JM014121
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