Cloud Busting
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Title: “Cloud Busting”
Author: Tara June Winch
Published in: Swallow the Air
Date of Publication: 2006
Genre: Short story
Tara June Winch (b. 1983) is an Australian author who has received various national awards for her works. She writes about family and social issues, and she uses her own background (part Aboriginal, part European) as inspiration. The short story “Cloud Busting” is included in her first novel Swallow the Air, but was also published as a standalone story.
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