The Heaven I Swallowed

A novel

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Rachel Hennessy ISBN: 9781743051979
Publisher: Wakefield Press Publication: July 30, 2013
Imprint: Wakefield Press Language: English
Author: Rachel Hennessy
ISBN: 9781743051979
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Publication: July 30, 2013
Imprint: Wakefield Press
Language: English
"She let go of the screen door and it slammed shut, echoing in the quiet. For a moment, I could only see her eyes, almost separate from the rest of her. They held something, something long lost to me. She dissolved into the darkness and I stood alone on the concrete, flexing my hands. Abo, nigger, darky. Abo, nigger, darky." In postwar Sydney, Grace Smith takes Mary, a young Aboriginal girl, into her home. She believes she will be able to save the child by giving her all the benefits of white society. But Mary's arrival has unexpected consequences as Grace's past comes back to haunt, and condemn her. Runner-up in the Australian/Vogel award, "The Heaven I Swallowed" is a tale of the Stolen Generations, told from the perspective of the white perpetrator.
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"She let go of the screen door and it slammed shut, echoing in the quiet. For a moment, I could only see her eyes, almost separate from the rest of her. They held something, something long lost to me. She dissolved into the darkness and I stood alone on the concrete, flexing my hands. Abo, nigger, darky. Abo, nigger, darky." In postwar Sydney, Grace Smith takes Mary, a young Aboriginal girl, into her home. She believes she will be able to save the child by giving her all the benefits of white society. But Mary's arrival has unexpected consequences as Grace's past comes back to haunt, and condemn her. Runner-up in the Australian/Vogel award, "The Heaven I Swallowed" is a tale of the Stolen Generations, told from the perspective of the white perpetrator.

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