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A review by rachhenderson
The Yield by Tara June Winch
3.0
The Yield is told from three viewpoints with alternating chapters.
Albert Gondiwindi, recently deceased, wrote lists of the words of his people. His chapters include a few paragraphs about each word and what it means to him, the story of his life.
A letter written in 1915 by a minister on an aboriginal settlement describes the horrific treatment of aborigines in the late 1880s and early 1990s by European settlers.
August Gondiwindi returns home after 10 years in England to attend her grandfather’s funeral and help save their land from miners.
I really wanted to like this more. There were pockets of interesting narrative but other sections, particularly the first half of August’s story, were very slow. The highlights were Albert’s words.
Albert Gondiwindi, recently deceased, wrote lists of the words of his people. His chapters include a few paragraphs about each word and what it means to him, the story of his life.
A letter written in 1915 by a minister on an aboriginal settlement describes the horrific treatment of aborigines in the late 1880s and early 1990s by European settlers.
August Gondiwindi returns home after 10 years in England to attend her grandfather’s funeral and help save their land from miners.
I really wanted to like this more. There were pockets of interesting narrative but other sections, particularly the first half of August’s story, were very slow. The highlights were Albert’s words.