Author(s): Melissa Lucashenko

Historical Fiction | New Releases October 2023 | Staff Pick

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British.

As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice.

Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Grannie Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives.

In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland's colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

*STAFF PICK*

A thought provoking and, at times, heartbreaking, novel from this Miles Franklin winning author providing an indigenous perspective on the colonisation of Qld and early settlement of what is now Brisbane.  Anne