A review by lennimk
Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation by Claire G. Coleman

5.0

" History is trying to speak to you ... can you hear it" (Coleman, p 1)

I fricking love this book ...
I found myself reading sections out loud because I felt like I wanted to hear the words- in all their glorious, undisguised openness and truth... not just silently read them.

I was enthusiastically reading sections out loud to anyone in the room who who heard me take a deep breath, or gasp,"oh " or whisper "farrrk" or almost shout ... "so true" ... " shit... that is right"... and who were either curious or polite enough to ask "What is (so true/right) ?"

So by the time I got to Claire G. Coleman's Outro I wanted to punch the air when I read her insight and reminder that decolonising Australia is not something to be done by "one person or group of people alone" but "the first step , learning the truth, telling the truth that can start now... Truth is viral. Stories are viral. You have been infected with viral truth. Pass it on".( Coleman, p 268)

F@#k yes ... will do!