pickAn incredibly open-hearted memoir. At times utterly heart-wrenching but also hopeful look at the cycles of disadvantage and injustice faced by Indigenous people.
MrsMalaprop Really need to get together this one. 12h
pickAn incredibly open-hearted memoir. At times utterly heart-wrenching but also hopeful look at the cycles of disadvantage and injustice faced by Indigenous people.
#wildlife
#Falling
Yesterday we visited Lindsay's home and art studios. The cockatoos were enjoying the gardens!
@eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickA 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. ❤️
pickA 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.
so-soI mean it was good but why couldn‘t I get into it? Also look a non WWII book I read.
pick#palettecleanser #haikureview #haikuhive #haikuaday
Thanks for the rec @jenlovesjt47 - what fun! 🤩
pickThanks 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. ⬇️
Everytime I come across a mention of Chopper, I flash back to my most terrifying library enquiry which started with a man asking if we had Chopper on DVD and then, unprompted, while I was looking it up on the catalogue, added that he‘d been in Pentridge Prison at the same time as Chopper. Different cell block though.
👀
