Margaret England

I love this book. The language is poetic, the various subjects handled gracefully and sensitively, while the recurring themes return and recede in a heartbreaking rhythm.

This book broke my heart over and over. The gradual descent into hopeless addiction was exquisitely charted and the steady destruction of a child's hope relentlessly followed. Didn't we all know the ending, ie Angus and the ocean although it did seem a little hurried.

This is exquisite. The words, the string accompaniment and the song itself evoke the timelessness which is the essence of Aboriginal Australia.