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Matters of the Heart

By: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Sue Smethurst
Narrated by: John Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
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The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices.


Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed.

Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary.

In this remarkable memoir, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price candidly recalls her journey from the remote outback communities of Yuendumu and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory - a young girl with big dreams and the red dust of her ancestors under her fingernails - to the corridors of Canberra and beyond.

Honest, raw and at times heartbreaking, Matters of the Heart is a deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices of our time.

'I've been to hell and back, and I've survived.'

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A great insight into the politics from a wonderful Australian. Everyone needs to read this book!

Jacinta Price

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First 24 chapters were about what shaped her into such a remarkable woman the rest of the book showed what she became and should be an inspiration to everyone

Genuine women

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A lot of common sense and honesty. I really enjoyed Jaconta narrating as well, a really great listen.

Brilliant!

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I really liked her already but what a woman , I would love to see her as PM. One day

Jacintas honesty

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Nothing a very positive person and very optimistic person and storyteller. I wish people word take note of her views and hope she goes far in her political career

She’s like a kangaroo never stepping back

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