Isbn: 9781925603545 - a kindness cup (4 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A woman becomes obsessed with the story of a long-dead colonial pioneer, and her research becomes a way of coming to terms with her own past.Researching in the archives Belle discovers the long-dead Gaden Lockyer, a colonial pioneer in Jericho Flats, and soon becomes obsessed. Belle's quest for Lockyer is her way of coming to terms with the past - her mother, 'a drummer in her own all-women's group'; her absent American father; and her ineffectual husband, Seb. In Reaching Tin River, Thea Astley's satire is at its sharpest and most entertaining. A man returns to his hometown two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, where former residents have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community, to insist that the town confront its dark past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

paperback. Etat : Very Good.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. I told them to go into the scrub and disperse the tribe.Disperse? That is a strange word. What do you mean by dispersing?Firing at them.Two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, the former residents of a Queensland town have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community. Tom Dorahy, returning to his hometown, is having none of it: he wants those responsible to own up to their actions. A reckoning with oppression, guilt and the weight of the past, A Kindness Cup is one of Thea Astleys greatest achievements. A man returns to his hometown two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, where former residents have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community, to insist that the town confront its dark past. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. I told them to go into the scrub and disperse the tribe.Disperse? That is a strange word. What do you mean by dispersing?Firing at them.Two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, the former residents of a Queensland town have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community. Tom Dorahy, returning to his hometown, is having none of it: he wants those responsible to own up to their actions. A reckoning with oppression, guilt and the weight of the past, A Kindness Cup is one of Thea Astleys greatest achievements. A man returns to his hometown two decades after a massacre of local Aboriginal people, where former residents have reunited to celebrate the progress and prosperity of their community, to insist that the town confront its dark past. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…