Don’t miss out – this is the last one in our series of Midwinter Giveaways for 2021. To go in the draw to win all four of these books, simply email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Winter 3′ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 23 July 2021 As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries from Australian residents only please.
Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience
A proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After seeing friends and family suffer a the hands of law enforcement, she signed up to become one of the rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia. In her ten years in the force she witnessed appalling institutional racism and sexism, and fought past those things to provide courageous and compassionate service to civilians in need, many Aboriginal themselves.
Courtesy of Scribe Publications
Janine Burke My Forests: Travels with trees
This beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated hardback charts art historian Janine Burke’s observations of and meditations on trees and their connections to civilisations past and present, from Biblical references to fairy tales, to the olive groves of Tuscany and the corroboree trees of her home in Elwood, Victoria.
Courtesy of The Miegunyah Press
Lech Blaine Car Crash: A memoir
At 17, Lech Blaine walked away unharmed from a car crash that killed three of his friends and left two in comas. In the aftermath rumours abounded and there was intense scrutiny from the media and the police. Lech used alcohol to numb his grief and social media to show stoicism, while secretly spiralling towards depression and disgrace.
‘Scarifying and unforgettable .. A brave and unsettling account.’ – Tim Winton
Courtesy of Black Inc.
Dale Kent The Most I Could Be: A renaissance story
Raised in an aspirational Australian working-class family of Christian Scientists, in the 1960s Dale Kent embarked on a lifelong quest to be ‘the most she could be’. She escaped her controlling family and established an international career as a historian of the Florentine Renaissance. But she failed to liberate herself from the crippling views of women, love and sex she had internalised in childhood. Her story traces a counterpoint between increasing professional success, a search for a sexual soulmate, and a way back to her daughter.
Courtesy of Melbourne University Press
Remember, to go in the draw to win all four books, email editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au with ‘Winter 3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email by midnight tonight, Friday 23 July 2021.
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