Kangaroo Stew

Kangaroo Stew

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'You gonna sell your soul for a fist full of diamonds?' David's family think he's come home for the anniversary of his Dad's death. But he's got another reason to return home he's working to broker a deal with a mining company to dig up his own sacred land and hopefully get them all out of poverty forever. To complicate matters, the whole family are being visited by a persistent ghost who has something to settle before it can move on. Kangaroo Stew is a lively and controversial contribution to the modern Aboriginal theatre movement that gives insight into the life of a modern Aboriginal family living with the mining economy. There will be love, punch-ups, singing, and of course, the spirits of ancestors past.

Author: Zac James
Format: Paperback, 96 pages, 128mm x 198mm, 45 g
Published: 2024, Magabala Books, Australia
Genre: Children's Fiction
Interest Age: From 12 years

Description
'You gonna sell your soul for a fist full of diamonds?' David's family think he's come home for the anniversary of his Dad's death. But he's got another reason to return home he's working to broker a deal with a mining company to dig up his own sacred land and hopefully get them all out of poverty forever. To complicate matters, the whole family are being visited by a persistent ghost who has something to settle before it can move on. Kangaroo Stew is a lively and controversial contribution to the modern Aboriginal theatre movement that gives insight into the life of a modern Aboriginal family living with the mining economy. There will be love, punch-ups, singing, and of course, the spirits of ancestors past.