Shortcuts
Please wait while page loads.
NSW Teachers Federation Library . Default .
PageMenu- Main Menu-
Page content

Catalogue Display

Hopeless kingdom / Kgshak Akec.

Hopeless kingdom / Kgshak Akec.
Item Information
Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date Res.
TF1315725 F AKE
 Fiction   . On Loan . 10 May 2024
Reserve Title Catalogue Record 22049
. Catalogue Record 22049 ItemInfo Beginning of record . Catalogue Record 22049 ItemInfo Top of page .
Catalogue Information
Field name Details
Record Number 22049
ISBN 9781760802158
Location F AKE
Author Akec, Kgshak, (author).
Title Hopeless kingdom / Kgshak Akec.
Published Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2022.
©2022.
Collation 350 pages ; 24 cm.
Content types text
Carrier type volume
Summary Note Akita’s family have always kept moving to survive. Sudan to Cairo. Cairo to Sydney. Sydney to Geelong. Each new place challenges Akita, her siblings and her parents. Just when eight-year-old Akita is feeling settled for the first time in her life, her parents decide to relocate to Geelong. The move is the beginning of a downward spiral that threatens to unravel the fabric of their family and any hope for finding peace and belonging. Told through the interchanging perspectives of Akita and her mother, Taresai, this coming of age story shines a light on the generational curses of trauma, complex family dynamics, and how it feels to love someone unconditionally, even when it hurts. Individually, the female narrators experience racism, rejection and despair, but together their narratives reveal a resilience of spirit and determination to transcend expectations of what a daughter, a sister, and a mother can be." - Back cover.
Awards Note 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award (for an unpublished manuscript) - Winner. Miles Franklin Literary Award, Shortlist 2023.
Subject Australian fiction
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Sudanese -- Victoria -- Fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Families -- Victoria -- Fiction
.
Enriched Content Catalogue Record 22049
.
ISBD Display Catalogue Record 22049
.
Related Works Catalogue Record 22049
.
Add Title to Basket Catalogue Record 22049
.
Catalogue Information 22049 Beginning of record . Catalogue Information 22049 Top of page .

Reviews


This item has not been rated.    Add a Review and/or Rating22049