A Question of Colour. My Journey to Belonging

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Magabala Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 346 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families remains a dark chapter in Australias history. Pattie Lees was just ten-years-old when she and her four siblings were separated from their mother on the grounds of neglect and placed into State care. Believing she was being shipped and exiled to Africa, Pattie was ultimately fated to spend the rest of her childhood on the island once dubbed ‘Australias Alcatraz Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement, off the coast of Queensland.A Question of Colour; my journey to belonging provides a first-hand account of Patties experiences as a ‘fair-skinned Aboriginal during Australias assimilationist policy era and recounts her survival following a decade of sexual, physical and emotional abuse as a Ward of the State. A Question of Colour is a deeply moving and powerful testimony to the resilience of a young girl, her identity and her journey to belong.

ISBN: 9781925936513