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Motherland / Stephanie Trethewey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2023.Description: 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, colour portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781761066030
  • 176106603X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 630 23
Contents:
Introduction: The mother of all journeys -- Karen Brock: Nowhere to run -- Julie McDonald: Life after loss -- Darrylin Gordon: Breaking the cycle -- Pat Fennell: What you can do with twently quid -- Danyelle Haigh: Mother trucker -- Catriona Rowntree: The FIFO farm wife -- Julie Mayne: One-woman show -- Keelen Mailman: Against all the odds -- Sabrina Davis: The black summer -- Raine Holcombe: The long road -- Grace Brennan: The drought that changed everything -- Fluer McDonald: The story behind the author -- Lyn Kelson: No goodbye -- Diana Butler: From Tasmania to remote Tanzania.
Summary: Motherland gives a voice to a nation of country women by sharing their real, raw and unbelievable stories of rural motherhood. Based on the podcast, Motherland brings together the incredible stories of 14 rural mothers who offer powerful and unfiltered insight into the tragedies and triumphs that have shaped their lives on the land, and how through it all, they've thrived through their most precious yet most challenging role of all, motherhood. Motherland's impact has since grown far greater than she ever imagined, and has energised rural women across the country, providing support and inspiration as they navigate the unique challenges that come with raising kids on the land. The show has since grown into a powerful online community of rural mothers, and now for the first time, Motherland cements some of their journeys in writing.
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Introduction: The mother of all journeys -- Karen Brock: Nowhere to run -- Julie McDonald: Life after loss -- Darrylin Gordon: Breaking the cycle -- Pat Fennell: What you can do with twently quid -- Danyelle Haigh: Mother trucker -- Catriona Rowntree: The FIFO farm wife -- Julie Mayne: One-woman show -- Keelen Mailman: Against all the odds -- Sabrina Davis: The black summer -- Raine Holcombe: The long road -- Grace Brennan: The drought that changed everything -- Fluer McDonald: The story behind the author -- Lyn Kelson: No goodbye -- Diana Butler: From Tasmania to remote Tanzania.

Motherland gives a voice to a nation of country women by sharing their real, raw and unbelievable stories of rural motherhood. Based on the podcast, Motherland brings together the incredible stories of 14 rural mothers who offer powerful and unfiltered insight into the tragedies and triumphs that have shaped their lives on the land, and how through it all, they've thrived through their most precious yet most challenging role of all, motherhood. Motherland's impact has since grown far greater than she ever imagined, and has energised rural women across the country, providing support and inspiration as they navigate the unique challenges that come with raising kids on the land. The show has since grown into a powerful online community of rural mothers, and now for the first time, Motherland cements some of their journeys in writing.

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