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Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko
Narrated by: Ursula Yovich
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Set in Brisbane when First Nations people still outnumber the colonists, award-winning Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko tells two extraordinary stories set five generations apart.

When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Edenglassie, their saltwater people still outnumber the British. As colonial unrest peaks, Mulanyin dreams of taking his bride home to Yugambeh Country, but his plans for independence collide with white justice.

Two centuries later, fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny. Together they care for obstinate centenarian Grannie Eddie, and sparks fly, but not always in the right direction. What nobody knows is how far the legacies of the past will reach into their modern lives.

Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

PLEASE NOTE: This audiobook comes with an accompanying PDF that will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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This is an extraordinary novel. It moves through different time periods between the present and 1850s post colonisation Brisbane. Lucashenko said that there needs to be more truth-listening- and this book is perfect in telling more truths about colonisation and English savagery. There is so much I love about this book. It has every emotion in it-it has love stories, bloody deaths, murders, births. The characters are all so real. I love the nuance. It is hard to read of the brutal truths and savagery towards the Aboriginal people. The book is so instructive on history, law and lore. It is full of colonising bastardry, grief and humour. It is perfectly crafted, and part of the joy I had in reading the text and listening to it was the perfection of every line. It is so beautifully rendered, that the language usage is exalting. The reading by Ursula Yovich is fantastic and brings too much to the text. She is a very good reader. Not only does she do the accents well, but she reads technically perfectly, bringing the text to life. I found her extremely impressive and enjoyable. I gained something from listening to her read, particularly with the sections in Yagara and other languages.
This is a perfect book. It would be a fantastic book to set for study in English for Year 10 and above.

Perfect novel and reading

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Loved the sense of place, the beauty in the story telling and atrocity all bound together

Beautifully crafted, poetic, heartbreaking and inspirational

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Thank you Melissa, for helping me understand the frontier wars and how it might have felt to live through them. And how it might feel to be a surviving descendant today.

Rich characters telling important stories

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Excellent performance, amazing story. I loved the way the two timelines were woven together. The characters were all very strong and rich.

Captivating

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Well written, well read. The Author transports back in time with her words and gives fuel to the imagination picture the scenes in detail

An amazing story

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It was so abrasive and confronting at the start that I almost gave in and stopped listening. I'm glad I didn't though and was able to witness Grandma Edie's ancestral story and hear her cultural wisdom. A wisdom that we all need to listen to. The reading and voices was incredible. The plot deftly weaves in both past and present. This is a very important novel.

Lest We Forget

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Despite some fictional elements tot his narrative, it is a beautiful exercise in the truth telling and celebration of cultural strength and resilience that Australia so desperately needs. I wish the ending was more drawn out but completely understand and respect why the author made this choice. excellent narration, I was so quickly drawn in and am sad I do not get to listen and learn more about the characters lives now that it is finished.

Profound and engrossing truth telling...

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This story from beginning to end kept my emotions going! Heartbreaking & haunting the story just keeps your mind racing to hear what next!

Thought provoking!

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It was a bit slow in the beginning I nearly put it down, never to read again. Then it picked up and had me till the end, so sad but uplifting at the same time.

It was nice to hear a true Australian story

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Once again, Melissa Lucashenko has created a literary masterpiece. A historical fiction, Edenglassie draws attention to Australia’s Blak history and ongoing symptoms of colonisation.

Endenglassie is a must read!

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