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The White Girl audiobook
- By: Tony Birch
- Narrator: Shareena Clanton
- Category: Fiction, Historical, Thrillers
- Length: 7 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 15, 2022
- Language: English
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The White Girl Audiobook Summary
“A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.”–Guardian
Australia’s leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant novel, set in the 1960s, that explores the lengths we’ll go to save the people we love–an unforgettable story of one native Australian family and the racist government that threatens to separate them.
Odette Brown has lived her entire life on the fringes of Deane, a small Australian country town. Dark secrets simmer beneath the surface of Deane–secrets that could explain why Odette’s daughter, Lila, left her one-year-old daughter, Sissy, and never came back, or why Sissy has white skin when her family is Aboriginal.
For thirteen years, Odette has quietly raised her granddaughter without drawing notice from welfare authorities who remove fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. But the arrival of a new policeman with cruel eyes and a rigid by-the-book attitude throws the Brown women’s lives off-kilter. It will take all of Odette’s courage and cunning to save Sissy from the authorities, and maybe even lead her to find her daughter.
Bolstered by love, smarts, and the strength of their ancestors, Odette and Sissy are an indomitable force, handling threats to their family and their own identities with grace and ingenuity, while never losing hope for themselves and their future.
In The White Girl, Miles Franklin Award-nominated author Tony Birch illuminates Australia’s devastating post-colonial past–notably the government’s racist policy of separating Indigenous children from their families, known today as the Stolen Generations–and introduces a tight-knit group of charming, inspiring characters who remind us of our shared humanity, and that kindness, hope, and love have no limits.
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The White Girl Audiobook Narrator
Shareena Clanton is the narrator of The White Girl audiobook that was written by 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
About the Author(s) of The White Girl
Tony Birch is the author of The White Girl
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The White Girl Full Details
| Narrator | Shareena Clanton |
| Length | 7 hours 38 minutes |
| Author | Tony Birch |
| Category | |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | March 15, 2022 |
| ISBN | 9780063213562 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The White Girl is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Historical, Thrillers
Additional info
The publisher of the The White Girl is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780063213562.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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