Mazin Grace

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Author: Dylan ColemanTitle: Mazin GraceBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 288Release Date: 2024-09-04Details: Growing up on the Mission isn' t easy for clever Grace Oldman. When he r classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn' t know what to say. Papa 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. In Mazin Grace, Dylan Coleman fictionalises her mother' s childhood at the Koonibba Lutheran Mission in South Australia in the 1940s and ' 50s. Woven through the narrative are the powerful, rhythmic sounds of Aboriginal English and Kokatha language, Mazin Grace is the inspirational story of a feisty girl who refuses to be told who she is, determined to uncover the truth for herself.EAN: 9780702268557Package Dimensions: Height: 7.75 inches, Length: 5 inches, Weight: 0.6283174467 Pounds, Width: 0.65 inches Show more