Swallow the Air
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Swallow the Air

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Swallow the Air

About this book

In 2006, Tara June Winch's startling debut Swallow the Air was published to acclaim. Its poetic yet visceral style announced the arrival a fresh and exciting new talent. This 10th anniversary edition celebrates its important contribution to Australian literature.
 
When May's mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn't seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.
 
Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong. 
 
Swallow the Air is an unforgettable story of living in a torn world and finding the thread to help sew it back together.

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Table of contents

  1. Praise for Swallow the Air
  2. Author Biography
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Swallow the Air
  7. Grab
  8. Cloud Busting
  9. My Bleeding Palm
  10. Bushfire
  11. Leaving Paradise
  12. To Run
  13. Territory
  14. The Block
  15. Chocolate
  16. Wantok
  17. Painted Dreaming
  18. Mapping Waterglass
  19. Just Dust
  20. Cocoon
  21. Bila Snake
  22. Mission
  23. Country
  24. The Jacaranda Tree
  25. Home
  26. Acknowledgements
  27. Imprint Page