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Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Jack Latimore, Deborah Cheetham, Patrick Johnson, Adam Goodes, Aileen Walsh, Tara June Winch, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Celeste Liddle, Jared Thomas, Terri Janke, Miranda Tapsell, Anita Heiss, Amy McQuire, Tony Birch, Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Alexis West
3 reviews
mel_s_bookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Each voice is unique, as are their stories and experiences. It has left me feel raw, emotional, disgusted and ashamed and just as equally inspired, hopeful, uplifted and determined to make it a higher priority to read more from Indigenous authors.
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Abandonment, and Addiction
balfies's review against another edition
4.5
Some poetic, some hilarious, many haunting or reckoning with pain and discrimination. Emotional, evocative, and expressive writing throughout.
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, Medical trauma, War, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Ableism, and Abandonment
beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Talks a lot about the impact that colonialism has had on Aboriginal Australians.