She is the Earth by Ali Cobby Eckermann

She is the Earth by Ali Cobby EckermannShe Is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It charts a journey through grief and celebrates the healing power of Country. We follow Eckermann's soft footfalls in the open (but far from empty) spaces between earth and sky; from sandstone to wetlands, from plains to mountain ranges. Eckermann's writing soars in this meditative and transformative piece. Soaked in lightness and dark, history and dreaming,

I want us to be acknowledged by the wider society and the government

through the period of Namatjira's extraordinary popularity as a painter

and a secure Aboriginal identity

the sick were dismissed as weak and unworthy of help

is an entertaining way for all children to learn the nouns that describe some of our iconic Australian baby animals

Lucy's survived the apocalypse

much of Baggage chronicles my life in Hollywood and how

men kill one another in seemingly senseless acts of aggression and revenge

But she has a big heart

which is never far away

But after a violent outburst from Robin at school

A punitive expedition was proposed to 'teach the Aborigines a lesson'