{"title":"Steve Mickler","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteve Mickler's works offer poignant insights into personal histories, inviting readers to explore the depths of human experience through compelling narrative. His finely crafted stories often dwell on themes of memory, loss, and resilience, rendering the ordinary extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cem\u003ebiography and memoir\u003c\/em\u003e category, Mickler's writing resonates with emotional clarity and introspection, making his books a thoughtful choice for those drawn to reflective and heartfelt life stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-boys-short-life-by-steve-mickler-9781742585079","title":"A Boy's Short Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarren Braedon, named by his adoptive parents Louis St John Johnson, was taken from his mother in Alice Springs at just three months old. Told he had been abandoned, Louis's adoptive parents, Bill and Pauline Johnson, raised him in a loving family in Perth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite a happy childhood, Louis was increasingly targeted by school bullies and police for his Aboriginality. As he grew older, his need to meet his natural family prompted visits to Alice Springs with his parents, but they were thwarted by bureaucracy. He was planning to return to Alice Springs when, walking home on his nineteenth birthday, Louis was brutally murdered by a group of white youths whose admitted motive was 'because he was black'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the multi-award-winning and seminal history of the Stolen Generations, \u003cem\u003eBroken Circles\u003c\/em\u003e by Anna Haebich, the story of Louis Johnson\/Warren Braedon captures the dark heart of racism in modern Australia, through the tragic story of one boy and his short life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519504224492,"sku":"9781742585079","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781742585079-a-boy-s-short-life-1.jpg?v=1790159991"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/steve-mickler.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}