AustLit

'She walks barefoot everywhere, no matter if they are crossing mud or twigs or hot pavement. The heat doesn’t seem to bother her – in fact she basks in it, stretching like a well-fed, lazy cat. The only time he’s ever seen her complain is when they stood in the freezer aisle at the local supermarket, wiggling numb toes against the cold tiles and hissing like the icy gush of air from the freezer was a personal insult. ...'