chyneyee 's review for:

The Silent Kookaburra by Liza Perrat

3.0

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The storytelling is remarkable, bringing the readers to the hot summer in the 1970s in Australia. The author has brilliantly captured the confusion of a young girl who feels helpless to save her troubled family from a downward spiral. Living in a small town in the 1970s, people exchange gossip whenever something happens to one of them. Traditional parenting leaves the adults to handle the reality while protecting the children from the outside world. Older generations despise immigrants and having difficulty accepting something that is out of social norms. Children are lacking educational information about stranger danger and knowledge about pedophilia from parents and teachers.

Book Review: The Silent Kookaburra by Liza Perrat.