Additional information
| Weight | 521 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 230 × 150 × 30 mm |
| Format | |
| Imprint | Watson Ferguson Publishing |
| ISBN | 9780648484271 |
| Page extent | 366 |
| Publication Year | 2020 |
| Subject | Fiction |
My Time Of Eagles
$29.99
Steve Hawe
Remote Qld, circa ’70’s when wool is gold and wedgies are on the nose. Roxy Bolton, feisty defender of the wildlife enlists her father’s help to create an on-property sanctuary. At Savanna State High, she befriends Tina after a racial slur, and invites her home for a camp-over at the sanctuary. When a solitary, wizened eagle sets vigil nearby, Tina tells of ‘the watchers’, mysterious dreamtime guardian-spirits.
At the local wool-shed dance, Roxy confronts a grazier over a drunken boast of his tally of slaughtered eagles. A strange massing of eagles soon after, and their eventual disappearance leads Roxy to her new friend’s door, desperate for answers. But Tina’s mother remains tight-lipped. For Irene, indigenous elder; keeper of wedged-tail lore, Mother Nature’s curveball invokes disturbing echoes from the dreamtime.
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Anita Wenham (verified owner) –
A thoroughly enjoyable read if you’re into outback australia , aboriginal folklore, wildlife with a bit of romance thrown in.
Ian Mathieson –
Exceptional story, very warm but not sloppy. It weaves together three related strands in a compelling way. A young woman with a passion for the wedgie, confronting misunderstanding on the part of the graziers; she grows to see this remedied to a large extent. The story of the eagles; their spirit and contribution. A subtle, careful discussion of the spiritual meaning of the wedgies told through the eyes of an Aboriginal school friend of the young woman and her mother. Against an insightful background of the communities, the lives of people, the country and the native fauna.