Purple threads / Jeanine Leane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leane, Jeanine.

Series:

David Unaipon Award Winners Series

David Unaipon award winners

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Purple Threads is a humorous collection of rural yarns by a gifted storyteller. Jeanine Leane grew up on a sheep farm near Gundagai, and the stories are based on her childhood experiences in a house full of fiercely independent women. In between Aunty Boo's surveillance of the local farmers' sheep dip alliance and Aunty Bubby's fireside tales of the Punic Wars, the women offer sage advice to their nieces on growing up as Indigenous girls in a white country town. The cast of strong Aboriginal women in a rural setting gives a fascinating insight into both Aboriginal and rural life. Farming is not an easy pursuit for anyone, but the Aunties take all the challenges in their stride, facing torrential rain, violent neighbours and injured dogs with an equal mix of humour and courage.

Contents:

Cover

Author biography

Recent David Unaipon Award winners

Title page

Dedication

Contents

Women and dogs in a working man's paradise

God's flock

Waiting for Petal

Lilies of the field

Coming home

Marching with Hannibal

Purple threads

Lying dogs

Land grab

The National Sheep Dip Alliance Party

Epilogue - Country turns

Acknowledgments

About the David Unaipon Award

Imprint.

Notes:

Winner of the 2010 David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writing.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0702246646 (ebook)

9780702246647 (ebook)

1-306-03639-9

0-7022-3895-3

OCLC:

815652796