Snake Cradle by Roberta Sykes

Snake Cradle by Roberta Sykes

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781864485134
Author: Roberta Sykes
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: St Leonards NSW
Year: 1997
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page. Pages have started to sun.

Snake Cradle is the first volume of Roberta Sykes's three-volume autobiography, Snake Dreaming.

Snake Cradle chronicles the early years of one of Australia's best-known activists for Aboriginal rights, from the time of her birth in Townsville in the 1940s through to the birth of her son when she was 17, and the trial of the men who raped her.

Roberta's voice is strong and true as she describes far north Queensland of the time, her battles with a series of childhood illnesses, and her growing awareness that hers was not an ordinary Australian childhood.

Born to a white mother and a father whose identity she did not know, her passion and commitment to the struggles of the Aboriginal people was shaped by the racism her dark skin invoked.

A powerful and moving autobiography about a history that must never be forgotten. (back cover)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.

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