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Whisper / Fran Dobbie.

By: Publication details: Rydalmere, N.S.W : Hodder Headline Australia, 2000.Description: 146 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0733612075
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.914 21
  • A823.3 21
Summary: A collection of stories about a very special friendship: between an Aboriginal girl called Edie, and a non-Aboriginal girl, Maggie. Edie lives with her grandmother, though she has been taught to call her 'Auntie Gwen'. There is no bitterness in Edie when she talks about her mother having left her: just matter of fact 'Mum couldn't cope'. We're obliquely aware of the stolen generation and of a world that is important to adults, but through the eyes of children we share an immediate need to enjoy and cherish our friends.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 823.4 DOB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 63085

A collection of stories about a very special friendship: between an Aboriginal girl called Edie, and a non-Aboriginal girl, Maggie. Edie lives with her grandmother, though she has been taught to call her 'Auntie Gwen'. There is no bitterness in Edie when she talks about her mother having left her: just matter of fact 'Mum couldn't cope'. We're obliquely aware of the stolen generation and of a world that is important to adults, but through the eyes of children we share an immediate need to enjoy and cherish our friends.

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