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It's Raining in Mango
It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from the Family Album | Thea Astley
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One family traced from the 1860s to the 1980s, beginning with Cornelius Laffey, an Irish - born journalist. Wresting his kin from the easy living of nineteenth - century Sydney, he takes them to northern Queensland where thousands of hopefuls are digging for gold in the mud. The family confronts the horror of Aboriginal dispossession, and Cornelius is sacked for reporting the slaughter. The cycles of generations turn, one over the other. Only some things change. That world and this world both have their Catholic priests, their bigots, their radicals. Winner of the inaugural Steele Rudd Award, this is an unforgettable tale of the other side of Australia's heritage.
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mspixieears
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Chose it on a whim for my Froth book-and-beer column but fark, so much poetry, and unflinching description of British invasion and slaughter of the first nations peoples. Should be studied widely.

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Marchpane
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#uglybookcovers part 3. When your town is flooded and there's a torrent raging through Main Street, this seems like a logical response.

#hairthatdefiesphysics #uglycover #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

Cinfhen @Marchpane I have been chuckling from your posts all afternoon 😂😂😂 8y
Marchpane @Cinfhen it's a fun tag! 😄 8y
NerdyRev I often run through the streets nude during a flood. I see no problem with this 😂😂😂😂 8y
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Marchpane @NerdyRev does your hair form a gravity-defying column as well? 8y
NerdyRev @Marchpane I thought that was Trump's hair! 8y
LeahBergen 😂😂 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Oh this wonderful acid rain! 8y
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