Where the Fruit Falls

✍ Scribed by Karen Wyld

• Publisher: UWA Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 190 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Australia., S.l.
• ISBN: 1760801593

✦ Synopsis

An ancient ocean roars under the red dirt. Hush. Be still for just a moment. Hear its thundering waves crashing on unseen shores.

Spanning four generations, with a focus on the 1960s and 70s, an era of rapid social change and burgeoning Aboriginal rights, Where the Fruit Falls is a re-imagining of the epic Australian novel. Brigid Devlin, a young Aboriginal woman, and her twin daughters navigate a troubled nation of First Peoples, settlers and refugees--all determined to shape a future on stolen land. Leaving the sanctuary of her family's apple orchard, Brigid sets off with no destination and a willy wagtail for company. As she moves through an everchanging landscape, Brigid unravels family secrets to recover what she'd lost--by facing the past, she finally accepts herself. Her twin daughters continue her journey with their own search for self-acceptance, truth and justice.

'In poetic and evocative storytelling, this writing celebrates the agency of...

✦ Subjects

Australia