AustLit

'Sixteen, studious, tall, slender, beautiful and with supportive parents, Megan has a bright future in front of her.

'However she can't forgive her parents for sending her to boarding school far from her home town of Ulyurungu, west of Uluru so she runs away to a life of loneliness, poverty and desperation on the streets of Sydney.

'Ulyurungu Dream is a story of an aboriginal woman whose life is a series of shocking lows and brilliant achievements. Her associates include a brothel owner, a drug lord, an eccentric land owner, a model agent and an older lady with family connections. With the ambitions of other people influencing her, Megan's innocence, trust and a flawed decision channel her life as she stumbles into poverty and wealth, social extremes, heartbreak, joy and an uncertain future.

'The twists and turns in Megan's life continue to the dramatic end, leaving the reader breathless.' (Publication summary)