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The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke is a compelling memoir that explores the author's experiences growing up as a Black child in 1980s Australia. It delves into her encounters with racism and the challenges she faced within a predominantly white society. Clarke's narrative powerfully highlights themes of identity, resilience, and the impact of systemic discrimination.
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You might enjoy this vivid and powerful memoir if you're interested in exploring themes of identity, race, and resilience through personal storytelling. The author's evocative narrative provides an insightful look into her experiences growing up in Australia and the harsh realities of racism, all delivered with a blend of warmth and poignancy.

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The Hate Race

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WINNER of the NSW Premier's Literary Award Multicultural NSW Award 2017

Shortlisted for the Nita B Kibble Award 2018

Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2017

Shortlisted for the ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2017

Shortlisted for the Indie Award for Non-Fiction 2017

Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2017

'Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller' - Dave Eggers, international bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Against anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing . . .

Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke's life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably obvious thing.

From one of Australia's most exciting writers, and the author of the multi-award-winning Foreign Soil, comes The Hate Race: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.

'There is a tendency to talk about a young author such as Clarke as a 'writer to watch' with the expectation that she may, one day, achieve the extraordinary. With The Hate Race, she already has; don't watch, watch out.' - Beejay Silcox, The Australian

'The Hate Race has a heft to it that is at once steeped in history, and also exquisitely and playfully modern; it is lyrical, sincere and ironic, but above all, it is fierce.' - Books + Publishing

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Maxine Beneba Clarke's The Hate Race is lauded as a powerful and essential memoir, blending historical insight with modern storytelling to reveal the pervasive impact of racism in Australia. Reviewers praise it for its compelling narrative style and technical mastery, emphasising its significance in understanding personal and national identity. The memoir is described as both moving and fierce, making the everyday reality of racial aggressions impossible to ignore.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733640421

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 April 2018

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian poet and writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. She is the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of Carrying the World (2016), Foreign Soil (2017) and The Hate Race (2018). She is the author of five books for children, including the CBCA and Boston Globe/Horn Prize award-winning picture book The Patchwork Bike (2016, illustrated by Van T Rudd), and the critically acclaimed Wide Big World (2018, illustrated by Isobel Knowles). Maxine is the author-illustrator of two picture books, Fashionista (2019) and When We Say Black Lives Matter (2020). She also illustrated the picture book 11 Words for Love (2022), written by Randa Abdel-Fattah. We Know A Place is the third picture book she has both written and illustrated.

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