Daughter of The River Country - A heartbreaking redemptive memoir by one of Australia's stolen Aboriginal generation

A heartbreaking, redemptive memoir of raw power, Daughter of the River Country is the story of an extraordinary journey from a childhood as one of Australia's Stolen Generation to Aboriginal ElderBorn in rural Australia in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her parents and placed with a white family.

Info autore

Dianne O'Brien (known as Aunty Di) is currently the Chairperson of Mingaletta Corporation, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community hub. She has held many senior positions in government organisations, and has also worked in legal services and as a drug and alcohol counsellor. She lives on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia.

Riassunto

A heartbreaking, redemptive memoir of raw power, Daughter of the River Country is the story of an extraordinary journey from a childhood as one of Australia's Stolen Generation to Aboriginal ElderBorn in rural Australia in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her parents and placed with a white family.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dianne O'Brien, Sue Williams
• Editore: Bonnier Zaffre
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781838775797
• ISBN: 978-1-83877-579-7
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 496 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Biography & True Stories, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, Australia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage, Australian Aboriginal languages, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional