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22049
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9781760802158
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Akec, Kgshak, (author).
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Hopeless kingdom / Kgshak Akec.
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Crawley, Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2022.
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350 pages ; 24 cm.
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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.
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2021 Dorothy Hewett Award (for an unpublished manuscript) - Winner. Miles Franklin Literary Award, Shortlist 2023.
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Australian fiction
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
Sudanese -- Victoria -- Fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Families -- Victoria -- Fiction
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