The White Girl
By Tony Birch
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Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of three novels: the bestselling The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin literary prize; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and four short story collections, Dark As Last Night, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People; and the poetry collections, Broken Teeth and Whisper Songs. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award for his contribution to Australian literature. Tony Birch is also an activist, historian and essayist. His website is: tony-birch.com
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was really good! Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. Raising her granddaughter, Sissy, by herself, she has managed to stay under the radar of the 'welfare' authorities who are removing Aboriginal children from their communities. When the menacing Sergeant Lowe comes to town he is determined to fully enforce the law & Odette fears for her & Sissy's freedom......Tony Birch manages to capture the Aussie outback perfectly with his writing. This is another plodder but is no means boring, it's anything but! I shared Odette's frustration at all the restrictions & the humiliation of the 'exemption' certificate. The lengths that Aborigines had to go to back then to keep their families safe was terrible. Anyway, read this for yourselves, it's really good.