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Growing up in the shifting landscape of Gundagai with her Nan and Aunties, Sunny spends her days playing on the hills near their farmhouse and her nights dozing by the fire, listening to the big women yarn about life over endless cups of tea. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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There is a lot of description of the land which can get a little boring at times but the characters are lovely and Leane's descriptions of events such as the Murrumbidgee River flooding are quite captivating. The story where the local hunter's wife comes to their farm covered in blood in the middle of the night is riveting.
Very interesting as looks at indigenous people without talking about the old ways...these three older half-caste women are all fairly European in their upbringing and outlook with the 2 Aunties able to read, write and talk ( trick) themselves out of any sticky situation involving men.
Not sure I can sell this one to the students though.. ( )