A fictionalised account of the Stolen Generation that tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family by the government and sent to a children’s home. She sings and dreams of her mother and the life they once shared but each morning is woken by the bell to the harsh reality of the children’s home. Finally, one day she unlocks the door and takes her first step toward home.
Trina Saffioti lives in Wellington, New Zealand and is a descendant of the Gugu Yulangi people of North Queensland. Trina has always wanted to be a writer and she is influenced by the creation stories her grandmother told her and the family stories her mother tells her.
Norma MacDonald is a Yamatji woman, born in the coastal town of Geraldton in Western Australia. Her extensive art career includes numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her work is held in collections at the National Gallery in Canberra, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Berndt Museum of Anthropology and the University of Western Australia.
Author Trina Saffioti
Illustrator Norma MacDonald
Publisher Magabala Books
Date of Publication 2011
ISBN 9781921248252
Category Children's Books
5471675
