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Last night‘s scores from the 📕 swap downstairs. A few there for gifts including the war ones for my dad. I get so excited when I take the lift to the basement then take the stairs to round the corner to a pile of 📚 in the yet to be sorted basket. I always go down to check after my 2 🩰 classes on Thurs night. I‘m going to read the Hello Molly mag on my way to work this morn on the 🚆 while enjoying my 2nd tea of the day. Happy Friday everyone!

An incredibly open-hearted memoir. At times utterly heart-wrenching but also hopeful look at the cycles of disadvantage and injustice faced by Indigenous people.

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Yesterday we visited Lindsay's home and art studios. The cockatoos were enjoying the gardens!
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A friend late for coffee. Held up by neighbour with all the news of our street. I call the woman The Newspaper of Egina St. Which lead me to thinking of above book. Thought I‘d read it again. It‘s a delight. Published in 1981 by our local press . This copy given to me in 1987 by partner at the start of our relationship. So has special place in my heart for many reasons. An Aussie classic for sure. ❤️

A story of 3 generations and the gold mining town of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. I had to concentrate as it moves back and forth through times. Also the descriptions and language used are wonderful. Winding through the main story is the story of Paddy Hannon, the Irish immigrant who first discovered the gold where the town was formed.

Finished this book this week ~ had to share this silly green stained head from my own butterfly chaser. To my #LitsyLove friends, I‘m worn out from life, nothing tragic and hopefully my upcoming vacation will recharge my batteries but please don‘t take it personally when I don‘t write back. I‘m simply out of extra creative energy.

I mean it was good but why couldn‘t I get into it? Also look a non WWII book I read.

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Thanks for the rec @jenlovesjt47 - what fun! 🤩

Thanks for reviewing this book @Jeg encouraging me to read it. I havent read a book about estranged family members for a long time, and this was just written so well. Hillary is the widowed mother of two daughters who are no longer speaking to each other. We have her POV, Esther and April, the two middle aged daughters, and Lawrence, Esther‘s ex-husband. Each of them are at a crossroads. ⬇️