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'Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Pappa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn't help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that might lead to answers, she struggles to find a place in a community that rejects her for reasons she doesn't understand.'
Source: Publisher's website
Source: Publisher's website
Notes
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A fictionalised account of the author's mother's childhood at the Koonibba Lutheran Mission in South Australia in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Dedication:
I dedicate this book to truth, justice, love and freedom.
To my mum, Mercy, for your guidance.
To my nana Pearl, for your strength of spirit.
To my partner, Aaron, and my son, Wunna, for all things of
substance in my life.
And to Fub, for your courage.
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 November 2012; (p. 38)
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[Review] Mazin Grace
2012
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 23)
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Books of the Week
2012
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— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 23 September 2012; (p. 37)
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Fiction
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— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 22 September 2012; (p. 32) The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 September 2012; (p. 36)
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Firm Grasp of Hypnotic Lyricism
2012
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 September 2012; (p. 21)
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Fiction
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 November 2012; (p. 22)
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Kokatha Story Wins Unaipon Award
2011
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 September no. 509 2011; (p. 16)A report on the announcement of the 2011 David Unaipon Award, which was won by Dylan Coleman for her manuscript 'Mazing' Grace, which is based on her mother's story.
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Honouring the Story
2011
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— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , October no. 380 2011; (p. 12) 'What a difference a decade makes. Dylan Coleman tells David Knight about how a need to tell her parents' life stories has transformed her from someone with no books on her shelf to an award-winning writer.'
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'Mazin Grace' Well Received
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Facing the Past
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 29) -
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Awards
- 2013 shortlisted Commonwealth Book Prize
- 2013 longlisted The Stella Prize
- 2011 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Unpublished Indigenous Writer : David Unaipon Award
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