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Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?' she asks earnestly. I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb

Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?' she asks earnestly. I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb once said that a Narnie smile was a revelation and, at this moment, I need a revelation. And I get one. 'I wonder,' Hannah says.

Melina Marchetta
Dad, Thinking, Waiting

No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke

Melina Marchetta
Dad, Hands, Mum

We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. "And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming," my dad says. Jimmy approaches us and takes the shopping bags from me, looking inside them. "Lamb roast. Am I invited?

Melina Marchetta
Dad, Thinking, Shopping
Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.123, Knopf Books for Young Readers

I recognise Santangelo's dad, who saves police brutality for when he gets to his son.

Melina Marchetta
Dad, Son, Police

Their bedroom has always been our sanctuary. Sometimes at night we'll end up on their bed just talking. My dad will be snoring and Mia will say, "Turn around, Bobby, you're snoring," and he'll turn around and for a moment it'll be silent. Then he'll erupt into a massive snore and Luca and I will kill ourselves laughing and my dad will wake up and bark, "Get to bed!" and not even a second later he'll be snoring and we'll kill ourselves laughing again and Mia will say, "What is this? Grand Central Station?

Melina Marchetta
Dad, Night, Talking
Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.18, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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