Roseghetto

Name: Roseghetto
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780702266041
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By Kirsty Jagger

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iRoseghetto by Kirsty Jagger tells the compelling story of a young girl navigating the challenges of growing up in a harsh, gritty environment. It intricately explores themes of resilience, identity, and the struggle for a better future amidst difficult circumstances, capturing the raw essence of life in an underserved community.
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You might enjoy this compelling and thought-provoking book if you're drawn to stories about resilience, personal growth, and the complexities of human relationships. It offers a raw and insightful look into life on the margins, enriched with vivid character development and an authentic narrative voice.

An unforgettable novel about growing up in public housing in Western Sydney.

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An unforgettable novel about growing up in public housing in Western Sydney.

Shayla is on a newspaper assignment when she returns to the public housing estate where she grew up and finds it demolished. The locals have been evicted, their homes erased, their stories too. Standing among the rubble of Rosemeadow, Shayla is assailed by her memories of living there. The bad secret Daddy asked her to keep. Mummy rekindling a dangerous romance. Making friends with 'the gutter kids'.

Surrounded by poverty and confronted by domestic violence, Shayla found her escape in reading. Now it's time to tell the stories of Rosemeadow, including her own.

Roseghetto is an unforgettable and moving coming-of-age story, an account of breaking the cycle of violence and poverty.

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Roseghetto by Kirsty Jagger is praised for its profound and gritty depiction of life in poverty and oppression, with an authentic and tender touch. The story is described as both moving and powerful, capturing the harsh realities of growing up in Australia's poorer suburbs while maintaining a glimmer of hope. Shayla, the protagonist, is noted for her strength and development, symbolising the resilience that emerges from hardship.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780702266041

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 July 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: University of Queensland Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 227.0mm

Weight: 474g

Pages: 320

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Fiction General Fiction Kirsty Jagger Literary Fiction Penguin Books

About the Author

Kirsty Jagger is a journalist by trade. In 2019, she won the inaugural Heyman Mentorship Award, established by acclaimed Australian author Kathryn Heyman for a writer from a background of social or economic disadvantage. Roseghetto takes some inspiration from growing up in the housing commission estates of Sydney's western suburbs. This is her first novel.