Smashing Serendipity
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Smashing Serendipity

The Story of One Moorditj Yorga

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Smashing Serendipity

The Story of One Moorditj Yorga

About this book

Life is tough for the Connell family, growing up in a small town where racist attitudes, discrimination and violence against Aboriginal people are commonplace. Lavinia is lucky: her parents ensure her family stays together while other cousins and friends are removed from the state. But violence and adversity occur over and over, even while young Lavinia also excels at sport and at school – drawing on her own inner strength and a physical resourcefulness. In time, Lavinia will find herself a homeless young widow, stripped of hope when her own four children are taken away. But she has a way of righting herself, using education and determination to bring her small family back together, and finding love when she least expects it. Smashing Serendipity is the yarn Lavinia tells her children and her grandchildren, gathered by the fire on the banks of the river where she grew up – the story of one good woman – one moordtj yorga – that reflects the stories of so many strong, determined women of her time.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Kaarla Waangkiny
  6. Black and Strong
  7. Our Old Place
  8. Tough Times
  9. The Reserve
  10. Confirmation
  11. Holiday Time
  12. Sport
  13. Junior High
  14. New Rules
  15. Djurripin
  16. Truants
  17. Kyah School
  18. Working Girl
  19. City Yorga
  20. Karnyah
  21. Boodjari Yorga
  22. First Ninni One
  23. Tying the Knot
  24. Dark Clouds Looming
  25. On the Move
  26. Baby Girl
  27. Bush Bash Fights
  28. Meeting the New Munartj
  29. Haunted
  30. New Little Koordah
  31. Four Birthdays
  32. Time for a Change
  33. Peace of Mind
  34. Good Things Happening
  35. Sorry Time
  36. Back into Sport
  37. Kyah Mum
  38. Caught Out
  39. A Downward Spiral
  40. Small Consolation
  41. A New Direction
  42. Moorditj Koort
  43. Time to Heal
  44. Tragedy
  45. Have to Go
  46. Porter
  47. Not to Be
  48. All Grown Up
  49. Shifting Places
  50. Hitting the Books
  51. Lucky Break
  52. Christmas at Nullagine
  53. New Beginning
  54. Women’s Business
  55. Yorga Dreaming
  56. Birrdiers’ Mia-Mia
  57. Kyah Dad
  58. Epilogue
  59. Author’s Note
  60. Nyoongar Glossary
  61. Copyright