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This month we're reading The White Girl by Tony Birch.Liked it? Loved it? Didn't finish it? Come anyway!
The FALS Book Club is a no-shame book club, so grab a drink*, order something from the menu* and share your thoughts with fellow Australian literature lovers.
Please RSVP "going" by Wednesday 28rd July so we can book a table.
From the publisher:
Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives in town, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect everything she loves.
In The White Girl, Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families.
*At bar/menu prices
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Townsville Yacht Club, 1 Plume Street (off Palmer St), Townsville, QLD, Australia 4810, Australia