The language in the book is clunky and there is little plot or character development according to Western standards.
Beyond the story itself, is the knowledge the same ripping away from family and culture and belonging carried on another generation as the author was taken away from her mother (Molly Craig) the Molly of the story and not reunited until 21 years later. On the surface it is a story of survival against the land itself, the people along the way, and the knowledge shared from her father (re: the rabbit proof fence is the path to home) and her mother's family (how to survive in the bush.) Scratch a little deeper and it is the story about colonialism, white makes right, and the loss of land, identity, family, language and culture. For each book that is written, there are hundreds of others that are carved on the hearts of the stolen generations and those left behind. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.This is one of those stories that need to be told - often.
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