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shelleyrae's review
3.0
I've read this before - didn't realise it when I grabbed it from the shelf, I skimmed through it again before writing this review to refresh.
Pip is after a challenge and adventure and finds herself in a small town in outback Australia. This is a world of hard drinking men and women ekeing out an existence with the pub serving as the epicenter of the community. Pip deals with the challenges with the resilience of a 20 something. There is a lot of humour to be found in the book, even in situations that are disturbing. As a memoir, it seems honest and it makes compelling reading.
It is also confronting description of still all too common areas where aboriginies struggle to survive without any cultural anchor largely choosing alcohol and drugs that subliminates their sense of self preservation. The issues of outback aboriginal communities are complex, I found myself alternatively scathing and sympathetic but ultimately with more understanding and with a less romantic view of life.
Pip is after a challenge and adventure and finds herself in a small town in outback Australia. This is a world of hard drinking men and women ekeing out an existence with the pub serving as the epicenter of the community. Pip deals with the challenges with the resilience of a 20 something. There is a lot of humour to be found in the book, even in situations that are disturbing. As a memoir, it seems honest and it makes compelling reading.
It is also confronting description of still all too common areas where aboriginies struggle to survive without any cultural anchor largely choosing alcohol and drugs that subliminates their sense of self preservation. The issues of outback aboriginal communities are complex, I found myself alternatively scathing and sympathetic but ultimately with more understanding and with a less romantic view of life.
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