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wildlife 2 wine 3 winter 13 wollongong 1 women 12 woolgoolga 1 wordpress 6 writing 7 xenophobia 1 xi an 2 xiamen 1 yoga 1 boofy from port macquarie boofy from port macquarie the lotus feet journey i m a writer of short stories who s in the throes fifty thousand words so far of writing my first novel tentatively titled lotus feet the novel is a work of historical fiction inspired by the lives and adventures of my great grandparents john hong an indentured labourer from xiamen amoy china and margaret lawrence a publican s daughter from mudgee in the colony of nsw in china where foot bondage existed in the mid nineteenth century feet shaped like a small tight lotus bud represented the height of feminine beauty the symbolism of the lotus rising from the mud represents my ancestors triumph over racism alienation hardship and struggle during the period of the gold rush and tectonic social change in the new colony i m frequently diverted from the novel by ideas for short stories which i often 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