Bibliograph

The White girl, a novel, Tony Birch

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The White girl, a novel, Tony Birch

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The White girl

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Tony Birch

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Australia's leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant novel, set in the 1960s, that explores the lengths we'll go to save the people we love, an unforgettable story of one native Australian family and the racist government that threatens to separate them. Odette Brown has lived her entire life on the fringes of Deane, a small Australian country town. Dark secrets simmer beneath the surface of Deane, secrets that could explain, why Odette's daughter, Lila, left her one-year-old daughter, Sissy, and never came back, or why Sissy has white skin, when her family is Aboriginal. For thirteen years, Odette has quietly raised her granddaughter without drawing notice from welfare authorities, who remove fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. But, the arrival of a new policeman with cruel eyes and a rigid by-the-book attitude, throws the Brown women's lives off-kilter. It will take all of Odette's courage and cunning to save Sissy from the authorities, and maybe even lead her to find her daughter. Bolstered by love, smarts, and the strength of their ancestors, Odette and Sissy are an indomitable force, handling threats to their family and their own identities with grace and ingenuity, while never losing hope for themselves and their future

Target audience

adult

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