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portada Hopeless Kingdom
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
360
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.55 kg.
ISBN13
9781760802158
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Hopeless Kingdom

Kghsak Akec (Author) · University of Western Australia Press · Paperback

Hopeless Kingdom - Akec, Kghsak

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Synopsis "Hopeless Kingdom"

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. Hopeless Kingdom gives a voice to the silent heartache of searching for acceptance in an adopted society which can't look past the surface of skin colour.***Hopeless Kingdom is the winner of the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award. Inspired by the author's own experience of migration from Africa to Australia, this story signals a powerful new voice in Australian writing.

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