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A review by cathrynlucy_reads
Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch
4.0
(Honestly this could be a five star with a reread when I have more focus to give to this book so ignore my star rating, it’s for my recollection more than anything)
This is an absolutely beautiful novella about an Aboriginal girl called May, generational trauma, and her trying to find her place in the world through childhood, adolescence and early adulthood as she connects to her Indigenous roots that her and her family have been forced away from over time. Many of the chapters read as short stories in themselves; snippets of social commentary told through moments of May’s life. The writing is poetic and lyrical, and I wish I had a physical copy of this book so I could note some of the lines down that I thought held a lot of weight and needed to be read. This audiobook is now free on Audible, so make sure you get a copy.
Despite being small, this book touches on a lot of important aspects of Australian society & history and I can see this being an excellent text to study at schools in both Australia & Aotearoa.
This is an absolutely beautiful novella about an Aboriginal girl called May, generational trauma, and her trying to find her place in the world through childhood, adolescence and early adulthood as she connects to her Indigenous roots that her and her family have been forced away from over time. Many of the chapters read as short stories in themselves; snippets of social commentary told through moments of May’s life. The writing is poetic and lyrical, and I wish I had a physical copy of this book so I could note some of the lines down that I thought held a lot of weight and needed to be read. This audiobook is now free on Audible, so make sure you get a copy.
Despite being small, this book touches on a lot of important aspects of Australian society & history and I can see this being an excellent text to study at schools in both Australia & Aotearoa.