Daughter of the River Country
by Dianne O'Brien
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1760686573
- ISBN 13
- 9781760686574
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About This Item
Echo Publishing, London, 2021. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. From a victim of the 'stolen generations' comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival - and ultimately hope.Born in country NSW in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Aboriginal mother. Raised in the era of the White Australia policy, Dianne grows up believing her adoptive Irish mother, Val, is her birth mother. Val promises Dianne that one day they will take a trip and she will 'tell her a secret'. But before they get the chance, Val tragically dies.Abandoned by her adoptive father, Dianne is raped at the age of 15, sentenced to Parramatta Girls Home and later forced to marry her rapist in order to keep her baby. She goes on to endure horrific domestic violence at the hands of different partners, alcohol addiction and cruel betrayal by those closest to her. But amazingly her fighting spirit is not extinguished.At the age of 36, while raising six kids on her own, Dianne learns she is Aboriginal and that her great-grandfather was William Cooper, a famous Aboriginal activist. Miraculously she finds a way to forgive her traumatic past and becomes a leader in her own right, vowing to help other stolen people just like her.'A compelling piece of storytelling. The life story of Dianne O'Brien inspires. It is a story about the power of love and staying the course.' - Linda Burney MP Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 266 pages. Remnants of old price label on the rear cover.. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; ISBN: 1760686573. ISBN/EAN: 9781760686574. Inventory No: 52228. . 9781760686574
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- Bookseller
- Bong Bong Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52228
- Title
- Daughter of the River Country
- Author
- Dianne O'Brien
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1760686573
- ISBN 13
- 9781760686574
- Publisher
- Echo Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2021
- Keywords
- BZDB3 Fiction; Britain/UK; Unbranded ISBN: 1760686573 EAN: 9781760686574 Dianne O'Brien Daughter of the River Country
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