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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480683103321

Autore

Coleman Dylan

Titolo

Mazin grace [[electronic resource] /] / Dylan Coleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St. Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2012

ISBN

0-7022-4868-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

David Unaipon Award Winners Series

Disciplina

A823.00

Soggetti

Aboriginal Australians

Electronic books.

Australia Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Winner of the David Unaipon award".

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Author biography; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Glossary; 1 Minya wunyi wonganyi; 2 If welfare get us, we finished; 3 Where I belong?; 4 Secret-pretty-things; 5 Lookin' for answers; 6 Ngoonji bula: God, Jesus and Father Christmas; 7 Goin' away; 8 Mumoo jumpin' 'round; 9 Walbiya gu minga: white man's sickness; 10 Healin' jinna minga; 11 Some things stay the same, some things change; 12 Riddle solved; 13 Lookin' through new guru mooga; 14 The sins of the father; 15 Dolly gets a haircut; 16 Goin' back to country, in heaven; 17 Goojarb: serves yourself right; 18 Growing changes

19 Wash me awayAuthor's note; Acknowledgments; About the David Unaipon Award

Sommario/riassunto

With the powerful, rhythmic sounds of Aboriginal English and Kokatha language woven through the narrative, <I>Mazin Grace</I> is the inspirational story of a feisty girl who refuses to be told who she is, determined to uncover the truth for herself. Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Pappa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn't help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that might lead to answers, she struggles to find