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Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: Penguin Group Australia ISBN: 1760144266 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson and her four surviving children, another on the way. Husband Joe is away months at a time droving livestock up north, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly’s children are her world, and life is hard and precarious with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for protection – but it can be harder when Joe’s around. At just twelve years of age Molly’s eldest son Danny is the true man of the house, determined to see his mother and siblings safe – from raging floodwaters, hunger and intruders, man and reptile. Danny is mature beyond his years, but there are some things no child should see. He knows more than most just what it takes to be a drover’s wife. One night under the moon’s watch, Molly has a visitor of a different kind – a black ‘story keeper’, Yadaka. He’s on the run from authorities in the nearby town, and exchanges kindness for shelter. Both know that justice in this nation caught between two worlds can be as brutal as its landscape. But in their short time together, Yadaka shows Molly a secret truth, and the strength to imagine a different path. Full of fury and power, Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a brave reimagining of the Henry Lawson short story that has become an Australian classic. Brilliantly plotted, it is a compelling thriller of our pioneering past that confronts head-on issues of today: race, gender, violence and inheritance.
Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: Penguin Group Australia ISBN: 1760144266 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson and her four surviving children, another on the way. Husband Joe is away months at a time droving livestock up north, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly’s children are her world, and life is hard and precarious with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for protection – but it can be harder when Joe’s around. At just twelve years of age Molly’s eldest son Danny is the true man of the house, determined to see his mother and siblings safe – from raging floodwaters, hunger and intruders, man and reptile. Danny is mature beyond his years, but there are some things no child should see. He knows more than most just what it takes to be a drover’s wife. One night under the moon’s watch, Molly has a visitor of a different kind – a black ‘story keeper’, Yadaka. He’s on the run from authorities in the nearby town, and exchanges kindness for shelter. Both know that justice in this nation caught between two worlds can be as brutal as its landscape. But in their short time together, Yadaka shows Molly a secret truth, and the strength to imagine a different path. Full of fury and power, Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a brave reimagining of the Henry Lawson short story that has become an Australian classic. Brilliantly plotted, it is a compelling thriller of our pioneering past that confronts head-on issues of today: race, gender, violence and inheritance.
Author: Ryan O'Neill Publisher: ISBN: 9781925589290 Category : Australian fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
Henry Lawson's short story 'The Drover's Wife' is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in ninety-nine different ways. You'll be amused, delighted and surprised by a Year 8 essay, a sporting commentary, a pop song, a cento, a dance and many more. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
Author: Frank Moorhouse Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 0143784838 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 368
Book Description
Since Henry Lawson wrote his story 'The Drover’s Wife' in 1892, Australian writers, painters, performers and photographers have created a wonderful tradition of drover's wife works, stories and images. The Russell Drysdale painting from 1945 extended the mythology and it, too, has become an Australian icon. Other versions of the Lawson story have been written by Murray Bail, Barbara Jefferis, Mandy Sayer, David Ireland, Madeleine Watts and others, up to the present, including Leah Purcell's play and Ryan O’Neill’s graphic novel. In essays and commentary, Frank Moorhouse examines our ongoing fascination with this story and has collected some of the best pieces of writing on the subject. This remarkable, gorgeous book is, he writes, 'a monument to the drovers' wives'.
Author: Patsy Kemp Publisher: Brolga Publishing ISBN: 0648697010 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
Drovers hold an iconic place in our Australian identity, due to the courage and perseverance needed to transport cattle and sheep hundreds of kilometres through rural and outback areas. But what of the women and children who travelled with them?
Author: Scott Rankin Publisher: ISBN: 9780733610691 Category : Aboriginal Australians Languages : en Pages : 147
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The semi-autobiographical story of Leah Purcell - or her alter ego Stephanie - which traces the events of her life growing up on an impoverished Aboriginal mission in Queensland. Despite the poverty, violence, lack of education and opportunity, Stepanie is nurtured through the love of her family.
Author: John D. Brown Publisher: Blacksword Books ISBN: 1940427223 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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Nobody in their right mind would to travel through this place All Ferran wants to do is get the cattle to Broniss, get paid, and free his family from the threat of slavery. But an unexpected and terrible enemy takes most of the crew prisoner in the Blight. Ferran, Winwallom, and Sura, the fierce Mashadian girl none of the boys trust, must free them. But how will they when the trio is vastly outnumbered, they’re days from help, and other things lurk in the woods?
Author: Ryan O'Neill Publisher: Eye & Lightning Books ISBN: 1785631365 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
Henry Lawson's short story 'The Drover's Wife' is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in 101 different ways. The variations include a pop song, a sporting commentary, a 1980s computer game, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation, a cryptic crossword and even a selection of paint swatches. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from the author of the award-winning Their Brilliant Careers. 'Pitch perfect...hilarious... This is a book that begs to be read aloud' THE AUSTRALIAN'More go than Queneau' DAVID BELBIN 'A cerebrally imaginative tour de force' FRANK MOORHOUSE
Author: Ryan O'Neill Publisher: ISBN: 9781785630910 Category : Northern Territory Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife is an Australian classic that has sparked interpretations on the page, on canvas and on the stage. But it has never been so thoroughly, or hilariously, reimagined as by Ryan O'Neill, remixing and revising Lawson's masterpiece in 101 different ways. The variations include a a pop song, a sporting commentary, a 1980s computer game, an insurance claim, a Hollywood movie adaptation, a cryptic crossword and even the selection of paint swatches you can see on this back cover. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from the author of the award-winning Their Brilliant Careers. Inventive and unexpected, this is laugh-out-loud literature from one of Australia's finest satirists.
Author: Leah Purcell
Author: Leah Purcell
Author: Ryan O'Neill
Author: Frank Moorhouse
Author: Henry Lawson
Author: Patsy Kemp
Author: Murray Bail
Author: Scott Rankin
Author: John D. Brown
Author: Ryan O'Neill
Author: Ryan O'Neill