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Song of the Crocodile
Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson
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'SONG OF THE CROCODILE is a moving, wise and deeply rewarding novel from an astonishing writer' - Emily Maguire, author of AN ISOLATED INCIDENT Darnmoor, The Gateway to Happiness. The sign taunts a fool into feeling some sense of achievement, some kind of end- that you have reached a destination in the very least. Yet as the sign states, Darnmoor is merely a gateway, a waypoint on the road to where you really want to be. Darnmoor is the home of the Billymil family, three generations who have lived in this 'gateway town'. Race relations between Indigenous and settler families are fraught, though the rigid status quo is upheld through threats and soft power rather than the overt violence of yesteryear. As progress marches forwards, Darnmoor and its surrounds undergo rapid social and environmental changes, but as some things change, some stay exactly the same. The Billymil family are watched (and sometimes visited) by ancestral spirits and spirits of the recently deceased, who look out for their descendants and attempt to help them on the right path. When the town's secrets start to be uncovered the town will be rocked by a violent act that forever shatters a century of silence. Full of music, Yuwaalaraay language and exquisite description, Song of the Crocodile is a lament to choice and change, and the unyielding land that sustains us all, if only we could listen to it.
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BarbaraBB
BarbaraBB
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#BookReport 24/23

Another good week. I didn‘t enjoy Jamrach‘s Menagerie at all but all others were real good. So I am a happy reader!

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TrishB A good week👍🏻 10mo
Cinfhen Happy readers are the best readers 😘 10mo
Megabooks Yay! Great week! 10mo
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BarbaraBB
BarbaraBB
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Death is omnipresent in the lives of the Billymil family, 3 generations of Aboriginals who live at the end of a settlers town, in the so called Campgrounds. Ancestral spirits watch the family and try to help them.
This is not easy in a place where race relations are fraught, and where rapid social and environmental changes have a lasting impact.
It‘s a sad read but I learned a lot about indigenous traditions and am glad for that.

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BarbaraBB Thanks for sending me this beautiful book @CarolynM , I was deeply touched by it. 10mo
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Librarybelle Great review! 10mo
Texreader Ditto what @Librarybelle said! But I probably don‘t have the heart to read this one. 10mo
squirrelbrain Sounds lovely, if rather tough. ❤️ 10mo
Tamra I have this TBR and now I really want to get to it! 10mo
Cinfhen Great photo 10mo
Dilara Stacked! 10mo
Suet624 I love your scenery photos. 10mo
MrsMalaprop I loved this book. So glad @CarolynM is spreading the Aussie love 🙏 ❤️💛🖤 #ozfiction 10mo
BarbaraBB @MrsMalaprop She always is and she has such good taste! ❤️ @CarolynM I hope your parents are doing better 10mo
CarolynM ❤️ 10mo
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LapReader
LapReader
Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson
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I went to buy my ballet exam leotard about a fortnight ago and then squeezed in a quick op shop and scored all this!

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CarolynM
CarolynM
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What an extraordinary book this is! A blend of Aboriginal spiritual story telling (insofar as I understand it) with a multigenerational family story that matter-of-factly describes the enormous variety of everyday prejudice, discrimination and injustice experienced by indigenous people in an outback town during the second half of the 20th century. A fascinating and deeply disturbing reading experience. #ozfiction

Rissreads Great review! It‘s already on my list! 2y
CarolynM @Rissreads It‘s been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years now, I don‘t know why it took me so long to get around to it. I‘d definitely recommend it🙂 2y
TrishB Great review 👍🏻 2y
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Hanna-B How interesting…I have never heard of this book and I live in Australia. I will check it out 2y
CarolynM @Hanna-B 👋Hi! Nice to add another Australian to Litsy. The book got a bit of publicity when it came out a couple of years ago, but I don't think it's been as widely read as it deserves to be. Some of us use the hashtag #ozfiction when post ing reviews of Australian books if you want to see if there are some others you don't know🙂 2y
Hanna-B I‘m going to check that tag right now. Thanks for the welcome 🤩 2y
MrsMalaprop Just scrolling back through your posts 😁. What a book hey? 👏❤️ 2y
CarolynM @MrsMalaprop I thought it was terrific. Should be more widely read. 2y
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CarolynM
CarolynM
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NAIDOC week read
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LeeRHarry Very nice! 😊I‘m starting with this one.
[tagged book]Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
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MrsMalaprop
MrsMalaprop
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What a debut. An extraordinary, spiritual, lyrical Aboriginal family saga. So much loss. Beautifully written. I feel like I need to read it again to properly process the ancestral spiritual sections of this novel. We have so much still to learn from the world‘s oldest living culture. Stunning.

CarolynM Great review. I've already got this stacked. I'll have to pop down to the bookshop later (so nice to be able to do that again🙂) 3y
MrsMalaprop Oh great @CarolynM . Must be so good to be able to get out & about after so long ❤️. 3y
Rissreads How have I missed this? Stacked! 3y
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Gillyreads
Gillyreads
Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson
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October book haul

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MrsMalaprop
MrsMalaprop
Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson
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I am very excited to be starting this new release #ozfiction saga by Yuwaalaraay (north west NSW) Aboriginal Australian woman Nardi Simpson. #currentlyreading 🤗🤓📖

Freespirit The reviews for this are very good! Look forward to see what you think 🤔 3y
CarolynM This looks interesting. Stacked. 3y
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