Speaking from the Heart: Stories of Life, Family and Country - Softcover

Morgan, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921064838 ISBN 13: 9781921064838

Publisher: Fremantle Press, 2007

Synopsis

Aboriginal people are familiar with the power of story. Our culture is shaped around stories, our history transmitted through them. Stories spoken from the heart hold a transformational power, they are a way for one heart to speak to another. They are a means of sharing knowledge, experience and emotion. A story spoken from the heart can pierce you, become a part of you and change the way you see yourself and the world. Listening to a heart story is a way of showing respect, a silent acknowledgement of what the speaker has lived through and where they have come from. Stories can also transform the speaker. Sharing the past can ease old pains, soothe deep hurts and remind you of old joys, hopes and dreams.- (From the introduction) Eighteen Aboriginal Australians from across the country each share a powerful story which is central to their own lives, and/or to their family, community or country. Stories which provide readers with a very personal picture of the history, culture and contemporary experience of Aboriginal Australia.

About this title

About the Author:

Sally Morgan is the author of several books for both adults and children, including her acclaimed autobiography, My Place. She was short listed for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and won the Human Rights Award for Literature, the Order of Australia Book Prize, and the Notable Book, Children's Book Council.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fremantle Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1921064838
• ISBN 13: 9781921064838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Kwaymullina Blaze, Mia Tjalaminu