Dirt poor islanders
Dunn, Winnie2024
Book
'Islanders must do everything together. We painted ngatu together. We crossed the ocean together. We settled on isles together. We took up Christianity together. We entered into new citizenships together. We became wage workers together. We lived with generations upon generations stacked in fibro houses together. We became half-White together. We got nits together. We sooked together. We stayed poor together. Together. Together. Together.' Meadow Reed used to get confused when explaining that she had grandparents from Australia, Tonga and Great Britain. She'd say she was full-White and full-Tongan, thinking that so many halves made separate wholes. Despite the Anglo-Saxon genetics that gave Meadow a narrow nose and light-brown skin, everybody who raised her was Tongan. Everybody who loved her was Tongan. This was what made her Tongan.
Main title:
Dirt poor islanders / Winnie Dunn.
Author:
Dunn, Winnie, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2024.©2024
Collation:
293 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
97807336492640733649262
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2092014