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Growing Up in Australia
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The ultimate book about growing up in Australia - a choice selection of wonderful stories and recollections.
This special collection is the perfect addition to Black Inc.'s definitive 'Growing Up' series. Featuring pieces from Growing Up Asian, Growing Up Aboriginal, Growing Up African, Growing Up Queer and Growing Up Disabled in Australia, it captures the diversity of our nation in moving and revelatory ways.
Growing Up in Australia also features gems from essential Australian memoirs such as Rick Morton's 100 Years of Dirt and Magda Szubanski's Reckoning.
Contributors include Tim Winton, Benjamin Law, Anna Goldsworthy, Nyadol Nyuon, Tara June Winch, Miranda Tapsell, Carly Findlay and many more.
With a foreword by Alice Pung, this anthology is a wonderful gift for adult and adolescent readers alike.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760643188
Publisher: Black Inc.
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 November 2021
Country: Australia
Imprint: Black Inc.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 283g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Black Inc. publishes some of Australia's finest writers, including Les Murray, Alice Pung, David Marr, Jess Hill and Don Watson. Black Inc.'s international authors include Raj Patel and Bill McKibben.
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