Daughter of the river country / Dianne O'Brien ; with Sue Williams.
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TextPublisher: Oxford [England] : Isis, Aurora, 2021Edition: Large print editionDescription: 264 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781787828322Subject(s): O'Brien, Dianne -- Childhood and youth | O'Brien, Dianne -- Family | Parramatta Girls Home (Parramatta, N.S.W.) | Stolen generations (Australia) -- Biography | Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography | Aboriginal Australians -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies. | Large type books. DDC classification: 305.8991 Summary: Born in rural New South Wales in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Indigenous parents and adopted by an Irish couple. Raised in the era of the 'White Australia' policy and widespread racism, she grows up believing Val is her birth mother. Val promises Dianne that when she turns fifteen, she will tell her a story. Then, just months before Dianne's fifteenth birthday, Val dies. Abandoned by her stepfather, Dianne goes on to endure years of horrific violence at the hands of different partners, drug and alcohol addiction, and cruel betrayal by those closest to her. But, miraculously, her fighting spirit is not extinguished. And when, at the age of twenty-nine, Dianne learns the truth of her Aboriginal heritage, she finds her place in the world...
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Born in rural New South Wales in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Indigenous parents and adopted by an Irish couple. Raised in the era of the 'White Australia' policy and widespread racism, she grows up believing Val is her birth mother. Val promises Dianne that when she turns fifteen, she will tell her a story. Then, just months before Dianne's fifteenth birthday, Val dies. Abandoned by her stepfather, Dianne goes on to endure years of horrific violence at the hands of different partners, drug and alcohol addiction, and cruel betrayal by those closest to her. But, miraculously, her fighting spirit is not extinguished. And when, at the age of twenty-nine, Dianne learns the truth of her Aboriginal heritage, she finds her place in the world...
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