Summary
A heartbreaking, darkly funny and deeply moving memoir from a fearlessly talented writer.
Delivered on the banks of the Mainoru River by her two full-blood grandmothers, Marie Munkara was born with light skin, which meant one thing: it would only be a matter of time before she would be taken by the authorities and given to a white family to be raised.
Then, twenty-eight years later, an old baptismal card falling out of a book changed the course of her life forever. It was a li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857987273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857987275 |
| Author: | Marie Munkara |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Marie Munkara
Of Rembarranga and Tiwi descent, Marie Munkara was delivered on the banks of the Mainoru River in Arnhemland by her two grandmothers and spent her early years on Bathurst Island. Her first novel, Every Secret Thing, won the David Unaipon Award in 2008 and the Northern Territory Book of the Year in 2010. She has written two children’s books, Rusty Brown and Rusty and Jojo, and another novel, A Most Peculiar Act. Marie is presently working on the TV mini-series for Every Secret Thing and her next novel.
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