The Driller's Wife and Other Kalgoorlie Crime Stories    by CE Rocchi
Price: $6.99 USD. 27750 words. Published on October 4, 2012. .
Gary is a hardworking surface driller, in Kalgoorlie, packing up his rig for a bush stint. He fights with his wife, Sarah, and leaves with tension in the air. On a rare night out, she meets a man and, within a week, her marriage is turned upside down. It is a poignant tale of the emotional cost of endless contract work away from the home, just like in Henry Lawson's The Drover's Wife.