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67 Books That Will Make Their Much-Anticipated Debut in 2022
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Tony Birch is Australia's foremost Indigenous writer, and The White Girl marks his stateside debut. This haunting novel is set in 1960s Australia, where racist laws threaten to separate a family due to the colour of a little girl's skin. Odette Brown has raised her fair-skinned granddaughter, Sissy, since her own daughter left the girl when she was just 1. However, when the government realises the now 13-year-old Sissy is being raised by an Aboriginal family, they take steps to have her removed from Odette's care. Sissy and Odette aren't going to be separated without a fight.
Out March 15