 First edition | |
| Author | Jeanine Leane |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short story collection, Historical fiction |
| Published | 2011 (University of Queensland Press) |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 157 |
| ISBN | 9780702238956 |
| OCLC | 703219318 |
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Anita Heiss, writing in Meanjin , " — fell in love with the story of strong capable women living without fear on the land, protecting their home and kin, saving young dying farm animals —while offering readers pearls of wisdom told in their own bush English." [2]
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The stories give voice to these women's knowledge about the land, about what they have learnt as colonised people surviving in a white patriarchal society, and about coping with the ensuing difficulties that inevitably arise in such circumstances.