The crocodile hotel / Julie Janson
- Bib ID:
- 6777843
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Janson, Julie, author
- Description:
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- [Avalon, New South Wales] : Cyclops Press Book, 2015
- ©2015
- 319 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780980561951 (paperback)
- Summary:
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'The crocodile hotel' is the first novel by celebrated Aboriginal playwright Juile Janson. This story strikes deep into Australia's heart. An epic story of a young Aboriginal single mother's awakening of identity and compassion in a remote Northern Territory community in 1976. This land holds a terrible secret of immense proportions, the earth is red with the memory. The old people are living witnesses to the past with all its misery and need for survival. Jane Reynolds is swept up in a year of wonders, as she negotiates her place between the black and white societies. She finds love with two charismatic men and meets traditional Aboriginal elders who change her life forever. Jane fights alongside the Lanniwah for land rights and finds respect and redemption for herself. The great granddaughter of a Darug Hawkesbury river Aboriginal woman, Jane takes a journey to recognise her identity and is drawn into the world of race relations in the face of 1970s prejudice and discrimination.
- Notes:
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- Library's copy signed by author
- "A young woman's journey in remote 1970s Aboriginal country"--Cover.
- "Shorlisted for the fellowship of Australian writers Christina Stead Award 2016"--Cover.
- First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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