Song of the Crocodile

#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!

Cinfhen

TrishB A good week👍🏻 2y

Cinfhen Happy readers are the best readers 😘 2y

Megabooks Yay! Great week! 2y

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BarbaraBB

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

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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.

CarolynM

BarbaraBB Thanks for sending me this beautiful book @CarolynM , I was deeply touched by it. 2y

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Librarybelle Great review! 2y

Texreader Ditto what @Librarybelle said! But I probably don‘t have the heart to read this one. 2y

squirrelbrain Sounds lovely, if rather tough. ❤️ 2y

Tamra I have this TBR and now I really want to get to it! 2y

Cinfhen Great photo 2y

Dilara Stacked! 2y

Suet624 I love your scenery photos. 2y

MrsMalaprop I loved this book. So glad @CarolynM is spreading the Aussie love 🙏 ❤️💛🖤 #ozfiction 2y

BarbaraBB @MrsMalaprop She always is and she has such good taste! ❤️ @CarolynM I hope your parents are doing better 2y

CarolynM ❤️ 1y

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LapReader

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

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

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

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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

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

NAIDOC week read
🖤💛❤️

LeeRHarry

LeeRHarry Very nice! 😊I‘m starting with this one.

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

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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🙂) 4y

MrsMalaprop Oh great @CarolynM . Must be so good to be able to get out & about after so long ❤️. 4y

Rissreads How have I missed this? Stacked! 4y

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Gillyreads

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

October book haul

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MrsMalaprop

Song of the Crocodile | Nardi Simpson

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 🤔 4y

CarolynM This looks interesting. Stacked. 4y

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