26. Scatterheart - Lili Wilkinson
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In part two of our Australian book month, Aífe tells Ciara about 2007 novel Scatterheart by Lili Wilkinson. This novel tells the story of Hannah Cheshire, an English convict sentenced to transportation in 1814, neatly interwoven with the Norwegian fairytale East of the Sun West of the Moon. This book won the 2010 IBBY (International board of books for young people) Ena Noël Award. Content warnings for: discussions of Murder, Torture, Medical abuse, brief mentions of domestic abuse, Colonial history, violent and dehumanising treatment of imprisoned people, Violent and dehumanising treatment of sex workers, Period typical sexism, classism, and racism, and romantic relationships between a 19 year old and a 14 year old. To help with the Australian Wild Fires please consider a donation: to Red Cross Australia https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-recovery-donate or by giving to this GoFundMe for First Nations Relief https://www.gofundme.com/f/fire-relief-fund-for-first-nations-communities If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing! You can have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod to throw us a few coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)