A review by gabmc
The Yield by Tara June Winch

5.0

I enjoyed this book so much that after reading just over half of a library copy, I went out and bought a copy as I think it's something I will return to again and again over the years to come. It's a compelling and powerful story of a young woman who returns home after her beloved Poppy, Albert Gondiwindi has died. The story is told partly through a narrative of events August experiences once she returns home, partly through a letter from the Reverend who ran the Mission between 191o and 1915 and partly through the dictionary of the Wiradjuri language that Albert was compiling in the months leading up to his death. Albert's dictionary contains centuries of knowledge and wisdom gathered from his elders, and he travels back to a time before white people colonised Australia to learn from them. When August returns home after ten years in England she finds that her Nana has to pack up her house as a mining company is taking over the land. She wonders if Albert's dictionary might somehow hold the key to saving the land.