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Mullumbimby
By (Author) Melissa Lucashenko
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
27th February 2013
Australia
General
Fiction
A823.00
Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards: Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year 2013
Paperback
286
Width 154mm, Height 226mm, Spine 22mm
386g
When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbours and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Told with humour and a sharp satirical eye, Mullumbimby is a modern novel set against an ancient land.
'Cheeky, thoughtful, real - a powerful story about country and belonging.' - Kate Grenville
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