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Key ideas from the book
- The story follows Odette Brown as she raises her granddaughter, Sissy, after her daughter disappears.
- It portrays authorities removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families.
- A new policeman’s arrival puts Odette’s efforts to protect Sissy at risk.
- The novel draws attention to the effects of 1960s government policies toward Indigenous families.
- Readers gain a character-centered perspective on family separation in this historical context.
About The White Girl by Tony Birch
Set in the 1960s, Tony Birch’s novel follows Odette Brown, who is raising her granddaughter Sissy after her daughter disappears. Odette has kept the family out of the sight of welfare authorities removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families.
When a new policeman arrives in town determined to enforce the law, Odette faces a greater risk as she tries to protect Sissy. The story brings attention to the devastating effects of government policies that separated Indigenous children from their families. It may interest readers of Australian historical fiction and those seeking literary treatments of Indigenous family separation and its history.
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