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Kate Guest

Kate Guest reviews ‘My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie’ by Veronica Brodie and ‘Black Chicks Talking’ by Leah Purcell

October 2002, no. 245 01 October 2002
Books such as these build more bridges between Aboriginal and the wider society than any secondary source study or essay ever could. Black Chicks Talking and My Side of the Bridge tell the stories of a diverse group of Aboriginal women, most of whose lives would not meet the traditional requirements for published autobiography. On the whole, they are neither famous nor infamous. Most do not conduc ... (read more)