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092    |fF|aBIRCH 
100 1  Birch, Tony,|d1957-|eauthor. 
245 14 The white girl :|ba novel /|cTony Birch. 
250    First HarperVia edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarperVia, an imprint of 
       HaperCollinsPublishers,|c2022. 
300    261 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "'A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep 
       exploration of human interaction, black and white, 
       alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.'-
       Guardian Australia's leading indigenous storyteller makes 
       his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant
       novel, set in the 1960s, that explores the lengths we'll 
       go to save the people we love-an unforgettable story of 
       one native Australian family and the racist government 
       that threatens to separate them. Odette Brown has lived 
       her entire life on the fringes of Deane, a small 
       Australian country town. Dark secrets simmer beneath the 
       surface of Deane-secrets that could explain why Odette's 
       daughter, Lila, left her one-year-old daughter, Sissy, and
       never came back, or why Sissy has white skin when her 
       family is Aboriginal. For thirteen years, Odette has 
       quietly raised her granddaughter without drawing notice 
       from welfare authorities who remove fair-skinned 
       Aboriginal children from their families. But the arrival 
       of a new policeman with cruel eyes and a rigid by-the-book
       attitude throws the Brown women's lives off-kilter. It 
       will take all of Odette's courage and cunning to save 
       Sissy from the authorities, and maybe even lead her to 
       find her daughter. Bolstered by love, smarts, and the 
       strength of their ancestors, Odette and Sissy are an 
       indomitable force, handling threats to their family and 
       their own identities with grace and ingenuity, while never
       losing hope for themselves and their future. In The White 
       Girl, Miles Franklin Award-nominated author Tony Birch 
       illuminates Australia's devastating post-colonial past-
       notably the government's racist policy of separating 
       Indigenous children from their families, known today as 
       the Stolen Generations-and introduces a tight-knit group 
       of charming, inspiring characters who remind us of our 
       shared humanity, and that kindness, hope, and love have no
       limits"--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Grandparent and child|vFiction. 
650  0 Stolen generations (Australia)|vFiction. 
650  0 Aboriginal Australians|vFiction. 
650  0 Race relations|vFiction. 
650  0 Social conflict|vFiction. 
650  0 Country life|vFiction. 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
775 08 |iReproduction of (manifestation):|aBirch, Tony, 1957-
       |tWhite girl|dSt Lucia, Queensland : University of 
       Queensland Press, 2019|z9780702260384