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This general fiction work is a powerful exploration of the past and present, where the intricate connections of a family's legacy resonate deeply, capturing the enduring spirit of resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimpson also lends her voice to the captivating memoir \u003cem\u003eDon't Take Your Love to Town\u003c\/em\u003e, where she provides a deft examination of personal history, recounting experiences marked by strength and resolve. This biography and memoir work enriches our understanding of identity and belonging through vivid storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection further includes titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Belburd\u003c\/em\u003e, which continue to showcase Simpson's talent for blending lyrical prose with a profound sense of place and cultural heritage. These general fiction books echo themes of connection and the cycles of nature and history that bind communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNardi Simpson's work is essential reading for those interested in literature that bridges the personal and the universal, offering both insight and empathy through her distinctive narrative voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dont-take-your-love-to-town-by-ruby-langford-ginibi-9780702266003","title":"Don't Take Your Love to Town","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1988, a bestselling, seminal work of Indigenous memoir and a story of courage and humour in the face of poverty and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRuby Langford Ginibi's remarkable talent for storytelling grabbed the attention of both black and white Australians when she released \u003cem\u003eDon't Take Your Love to Town\u003c\/em\u003e, which has gone on to become a bestseller and is now a seminal work of Indigenous memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon't Take Your Love to Town\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of courage in the face of poverty and tragedy. 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The Billymil family are watched (and sometimes visited) by ancestral spirits who look out for their descendants and attempt to help them on the right path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as secrets start to be uncovered, the town will be rocked by a violent act that forever shatters a century of silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull of music, Yuwaalaraay language and exquisite description, \u003cem\u003eSong of the Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e is a lament to choice and change, and the unyielding land that sustains us all, if only we could listen to it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Simpson's writing attains a rare quality of grace in the novel, the prose lyrical and grounded at the same time . . . skilfully weaving the profound into the everyday' \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'exquisite . . . 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You may forget the words or kisses or gifts they give, but that doesn't mean they didn't happen . . . We don't need to remember all the love poured into us. We need to be thankful that it makes us. When it comes to love, it's all about being. Not remembering so much.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGinny Dilboong is a young poet, fierce and deadly. She's making sense of the world and her place in it, grappling with love, family, and the spaces in which to create her art. Like powerful women before her, Ginny hugs the edges of waterways, and though she is a daughter of Country, the place that shapes her is not hers. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while learning her own. The question is how?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd, all the while, others are watching. Some old, some new. They are the sound of the belburd as it echoes through the world; the sound of cars and trucks and trains. They are in trees and paper and the shape of ideas. 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