Mallee Roots - Tapa blanda

Hampel, Bill

 
9781760416621: Mallee Roots
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ISBN 10: 1760416622 ISBN 13: 9781760416621
Editorial: Ginninderra Press, 2018

Sinopsis

No chemist, no bank, no library, even in primary or secondary school, and no mains electricity until the writer turned fifteen. Some might say he was disadvantaged. But from the perspective of some city children today he was far from being deprived.

Mallee Roots is an account of the rich community culture of Walpeup, a small, remote Mallee town in the years 1942 to 1956. Isolated from bigger centres by gravel roads and distance, life demanded a high degree of interdependence and sharing. Occasionally it was in grief but regularly in fun. Until he left, the author encountered no apparent differences in status or wealth. He found plenty of things to do and boundless opportunity to get into trouble, but later, to work side by side with adults and become more responsible.

As well as describing his relationships with townspeople and farmers, the writer paints an affectionate picture of a father who was always on his children’s side. For the mother, life brought fewer rewards in the town and before that, during the Depression on a struggling farm with no domestic amenities.

To compensate for the routines of school life, the author caused more mischief than is reasonable but not enough to prevent completion of high school and his departure, ultimately to train teachers like those he gave so much grief.   

Funny, informative, Mallee Roots gives a unique view of community strength, something now not always attainable.

 

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No chemist, no bank, no library, even in primary or secondary school, and no mains electricity until the writer turned fifteen. Some might say he was disadvantaged. But from the perspective of some city children today he was far from being deprived.

Mallee Roots is an account of the rich community culture of Walpeup, a small, remote Mallee town in the years 1942 to 1956. Isolated from bigger centres by gravel roads and distance, life demanded a high degree of interdependence and sharing. Occasionally it was in grief but regularly in fun. Until he left, the author encountered no apparent differences in status or wealth. He found plenty of things to do and boundless opportunity to get into trouble, but later, to work side by side with adults and become more responsible.

As well as describing his relationships with townspeople and farmers, the writer paints an affectionate picture of a father who was always on his children’s side. For the mother, life brought fewer rewards in the town and before that, during the Depression on a struggling farm with no domestic amenities.

To compensate for the routines of school life, the author caused more mischief than is reasonable but not enough to prevent completion of high school and his departure, ultimately to train teachers like those he gave so much grief.   

Funny, informative, Mallee Roots gives a unique view of community strength, something now not always attainable.

 

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Editorial
Ginninderra Press
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1760416622
ISBN 13 
9781760416621
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
204
Contacto del fabricante
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