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Riding The Black Cockatoo (2010)

by John Danalis(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1741753775 (ISBN13: 9781741753776)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Allen & Unwin

review 1: Just because something is an important story to be told doesn’t make it a good story to read. Usually non-fiction brings with it an innate level of engagement. In this instance, however, it alienated the audience as there was little sense of engagement with the character engendered through the author’s matter of fact writing style. Where description was attempted, it seemed laborious rather than complementary to the narrative. Such a shame given the importance of its themes.
review 2: Wow, what a book! This is an amazingly insightful autobiography about the author's journey through a country he thought he knew. In Australia, horrific things have been done to the Indigenous people, including removing their bones from the earth and sending them to museums aro... moreund the world. John Danalis tells of his awakening to Aboriginal culture, and he takes his own journey of reconciliation. I cried through half this book. It has really hit home to me how much the average, white person in this country does not know about the traditional owners, who were murdered by the thousands so we could take their place. If you want to learn something, yet experience emotion and a well written story, take the journey, which is at times mystical, with the author—you won't regret it. less

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