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Low life

Portrait of a seven-year-old state-run child

21 July 2018

9:00 AM

21 July 2018

9:00 AM

Saturday morning. Quarter to 12. Sit-down fish and chips at the Silver Grill: me, Oscar and Oscar’s cousin Atticus. Atticus lives with Oscar because his life is arranged by social workers and the courts. He is a year younger than Oscar, which is to say seven, and they share a bedroom with another, older boy.

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