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As I read the last lines of this novel, I felt a range of emotions that I am struggling to articulate. Astley is a master of the written word and in this novel, she expertly weaves you through several character viewpoints and through a series of time shifts.
The story is based on the events that happened on Palm Island in the 1930s but we are taken to Doebin where Superintendent Brodie is losing control and eventually goes on a murderous rampage and it is an Indigenous man, Manny Cooktown who st ...more
The story is based on the events that happened on Palm Island in the 1930s but we are taken to Doebin where Superintendent Brodie is losing control and eventually goes on a murderous rampage and it is an Indigenous man, Manny Cooktown who st ...more
Jul 27, 2022
Tess
marked it as to-read
