Smashing Serendipity: The Story of One Moorditj Yorga by Louise Hansen

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Lavinia Kate Connell was born in almost exactly the middle of the 20th century, the second youngest of ten children, destined to be teased for being a blonde-haired hazel-eyed fair-skinned Nyoongar girl.

She grew up in the small country town of Pinjarra with strong cultural and spiritual connections to her mother's ancestral land, even while wadjerlar law and government policy worked to make her people forget their history, culture and language.

This is a story of survival and overcoming and of Lavinia's deep inner strength and spiritual conviction - an eye-opening, inspiring story of one moorditj yorga, whose life reflects the stories of so many good, strong women of her time. (back cover)