Too Afraid to Cry by Ali Cobby Eckermann
Stolen from her family as an infant, a prize-winning poet recounts her arduous journey to reconnect with the Aboriginal culture of her birth.
The memory blanket surrounding each of us is woven by the ancestors, begun before the child is a curled dream within the motherWhen a baby is taken by force from its mother, the blanket is damaged. Pieces lost. The child will then be a wanderer until s/he finds the pieces and puts them back together. Ali Cobby Eckermann's memoir is a memory blanket, put back together after many treacherous journeys. The weaving material is lyrical poetry, that deftly winds the story pieces together. This is an essential story, one everyone needs to hear. -- Joy Harjo, Mvskoke poet, musician and performer, and author of Crazy Brave
Simple prose belies a heavy heart in this straightforward but subtly heartbreaking chronicle of trauma and tragedy by poet Eckermann (Ruby Moonlight, 2015, etc.), a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize. . . . A subdued memoir about shouldering pain, owning decisions, and finding a voice. -- Kirkus Reviews
Simple prose belies a heavy heart in this straightforward but subtly heartbreaking chronicle of trauma and tragedy by poet Eckermann (Ruby Moonlight, 2015, etc.), a winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize. . . . A subdued memoir about shouldering pain, owning decisions, and finding a voice. -- Kirkus Reviews
Ali Cobby Eckermann is an award-winning author who has toured the United States several times, most recently in connection with Yale’s Windham-Campbell Prize. She lives in Adelaide, Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781631494246 |
| ISBN 10 | 1631494244 |
| Title | Too Afraid to Cry |
| Author | Ali Cobby Eckermann |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2018-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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