Bibliograph

A tear in the soul, Amanda Webster

Type

Label

A tear in the soul, Amanda Webster

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A tear in the soul

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Amanda Webster

Summary

Amanda Webster embarks on a long-intended search for two former school friends - Aboriginal kids from the Kurrawang Mission near where she grew up in Kalgoorlie. Over the years her questions accumulated: were her friends members of the Stolen Generations? What was life at Kurrawang really like? In 2012, Webster meets Gregory Ugle, an older brother of her former friend Tony. After a four-decade absence, Webster returns to her hometown with Ugle to reconnect with her former friends, and to piece together Kurrawang's story through oral histories and local newspaper archives. Over several trips, a sometimes uneasy tension emerges with Ugle as both he and Webster inch towards a fragile reconciliation

Target audience

adult

Creator