The white girl [Paperback]
Birch, Tony, 1957-2019
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This novel explores the lengths we will go to in order to save the people we love. Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives in town, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect everything she loves. In The White Girl, Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families.
Main title:
The white girl [Paperback] / Tony Birch.
Author:
Birch, Tony, 1957-, author
Imprint:
St Lucia, QLD : UQP, 2019.©2019
Collation:
265 pages ; 23 cm
Awards:
Winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Prize for Indigenous writing
ISBN:
9780702260384 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
353674
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | BIRC | - (Set: 20 May 2023)Onloan - Due: 06 May 2024 |
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | BIRC | Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 |