- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- ISBN 9781925936780
- Release date August 1, 2016
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Two Sisters
Ngarta and Jukuna lived in the Great Sandy Desert. They traversed country according to the seasons, just as the Walmajarri people had done for thousands of years. But it was a time of change. Desert people who had lived with little knowledge of European settlement were now moving onto cattle stations. Those left behind were vulnerable and faced unimaginable challenges. In 1961, when Jukuna leaves with her new husband, young Ngarta remains with a group of women and children. Tragedy strikes and Ngarta is forced to travel alone. Her survival depends on cunning and courage as she is pursued by two murderers in a vast unforgiving landscape. Jukuna’s rich account may be the first autobiography written in an Aboriginal language. Presented in English and Walmajarri, her determination to see her language written has made her one of our most valued authors.
See also Growing up in the Desert, a DVD about author, Mona Chuguna.
Praise for Two Sisters
"a remarkable story of courage and survival that traverses vast desert country."
Sally Morgan
Author
"Unwavering courage shouts resolutely from the pages of this lyrical but gutsy true account of two Walmajarri sisters as they are pursued by murderers and face the loss of their ancient lifestyle.”."
Marie Munkara
Author
"Two Sisters is a captivating read and a beautifully produced book inside and out."
Kyra Thomsen
Writing NSW
"I have read a few books by desert people, but I haven’t read one like this. It is hard to convey the sense of wonder with which I read it. Two Sisters is an authentic account of an ancient way of life as it was lived by sisters Ngarta and Jukuna in the Great Sandy Desert, and then it covers the period when this way of life was disrupted by the coming of Europeans into the north."
Lisa Hill
ANZ LitLovers LitBlog
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- ISBN 9781925936780
- Release date August 1, 2016
- Category
- Resources
