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Why You Are Australian

Why You Are Australian

by Nikki Gemmell
Paperback
Publication Date: 18/12/2017

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A love letter to Australia, from a London exile. Includes all new updated extra chapter!

When expatriate novelist Nikki Gemmell had her children in London, she chose to give them Aussie citizenship over British. This is why.

Why You Are Australian is an examination of our country thirty years ago and today: all the glory of its sun and water - and all the darkness of tall poppies and Cronulla. How does our land look from way over there, and from right up close? A treatise about what it means to be Australian right now.

Honest, moving, provocative, uplifting - an exile's story, a mother's story, an Australian's story.

Why You Are Australian: for anyone who needs reminding.

'Achingly I want you to know what it is to be Aussie kids. Where playing barefoot is a signifier of freedom not impoverishment. Where a backyard's a given not a luxury. Where sunshine and fresh food grow children tall. Where you know what a rash shirt is and a nipper, a Paddle Pop and a Boogie Board.'

ISBN:
9781460755020
9781460755020
Category:
Autobiography: general
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
18-12-2017
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
200x130x15mm
Weight:
0.3kg
Nikki Gemmell

Nikki Gemmell is the bestselling author of seven novels and four works of non-fiction for adults, and two novels for children. Her work has received international critical acclaim and been translated into many languages.

In France she's been described as a female Jack Kerouac, in Australia as one of the most original and engaging authors of her generation and in the US as one of the few truly original voices to emerge in a long time.

Nikki is currently a columnist for the Weekend Australian's Saturday magazine, and a Friday regular on the Today programme in Australia. Born in Wollongong, Australia, Nikki lived in London for many years but has now returned to Australia with her family.

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