The White Girl (novel)
spelling
| ← Previous revision | Revision as of 02:48, 23 April 2026 | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
| preceded_by = |
| preceded_by = |
||
| followed_by = |
| followed_by = |
||
| awards = 2020 [[New South |
| awards = 2020 [[New South Whales Premier's Literary Awards]] — Indigenous Writer's Prize, winner |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''The White Girl''''' is a 2019 novel by the Australian author [[Tony Birch]] originally published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]].{{cite web |title=''The White Girl'' by Tony Birch |publisher=National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7891052 |access-date=13 June 2025}} |
'''''The White Girl''''' is a 2019 novel by the Australian author [[Tony Birch]] originally published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]].{{cite web |title=''The White Girl'' by Tony Birch |publisher=National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7891052 |access-date=13 June 2025}} |
||
It was the winner of the 2020 [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]] — Indigenous Writer's |
It was the winner of the 2020 [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]] — Indigenous Writer's Prise.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-26/tara-june-winch-the-yield-wins-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/12187480|title=Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards|last=Evans|first=Kate Evans|date=2020-04-26|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-26}} |
||
==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
||
In the 1960s, in the fictional Australian country town of Deane, Aboriginal Odette Brown cares for her granddaughter Sissy, conceived after her daughter was raped by a local white pastoralist, Joe Kane. |
In the 1960s, in the fictional Australian country town of Deane, Aboriginal Odette Brown cares for her granddaughter Sissy, conceived after her daughter was raped by a local white pastoralist, Joe Kane. Lilly, Odette's daughter and Sissy's mother, has fled Deane for the big city. With Lily away Odette must also try to stop the new local policeman Sergeant Lowe from taking Sissy (the "white girl" of the title) from her care. |
||
==Critical reception== |
==Critical reception== |
||
