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Mazin grace / / Dylan Coleman



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Autore: Coleman Dylan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mazin grace / / Dylan Coleman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: St. Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 pages)
Disciplina: A823.00
Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians
Soggetto geografico: Australia Fiction
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
Titolo autorizzato: Mazin grace  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7022-4868-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826220603321
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Serie: David Unaipon Award Winners Series