Tony Birch is an author from Australia. He writes short stories, fiction, and poetry. His novel, The White Girl, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
The White Girl
The White Girl
Synopsis
Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared, leaving her to raise her granddaughter Sissy, Odette has managed to evade welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect all she holds dear. This novel shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families.
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Characters
Odette BrownProtagonist
new policemanAntagonist
SissySupporting
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Places
Edition
The White GirlPaperback, 2019
265 pages
University of Queensland PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780702260384
