Swallow the Air

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age
Cover of the book Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch, University of Queensland Press
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Author: Tara June Winch ISBN: 9780702250569
Publisher: University of Queensland Press Publication: August 1, 2012
Imprint: University of Queensland Press Language: English
Author: Tara June Winch
ISBN: 9780702250569
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Publication: August 1, 2012
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Language: English

In 2006, Tara June Winch’s startling debut Swallow the Air was published to acclaim. Its poetic yet visceral style announced the arrival a fresh and exciting new talent. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates its important contribution to Australian literature.

 

When May’s mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn’t seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.

 

Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong. 

 

Swallow the Air is an unforgettable story of living in a torn world and finding the thread to help sew it back together.

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In 2006, Tara June Winch’s startling debut Swallow the Air was published to acclaim. Its poetic yet visceral style announced the arrival a fresh and exciting new talent. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates its important contribution to Australian literature.

 

When May’s mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn’t seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.

 

Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong. 

 

Swallow the Air is an unforgettable story of living in a torn world and finding the thread to help sew it back together.

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