{"product_id":"mullumbimby-paperback","title":"Mullumbimby - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Lucashenko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbors, and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life. Told with dark humor and a sharp, satirical eye, \u003ci\u003eMullumbimby \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern novel about romantic love and cultural warfare set against an ancient land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Lucashenko\u003c\/b\u003e is a Murri woman of European and Ygambeh\/Bundjalung descent. Her first book \u003ci\u003eSteam Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e won the l998 Dobbie Award for Women's Fiction and was shortlisted for the l999 New South Wales Premier's fiction award and the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, First Published Book. Her next book \u003ci\u003eKilling Darcy \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Children's Book Council Award and the Royal Blind Society's Talking Book Award for young readers. \u003ci\u003eHard Yards \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1999 and shortlisted in the 2002 Courier-Mail Best Book Award. In 2002 her fourth book \u003ci\u003eToo Flash\u003c\/i\u003e was launched by Jukurrpa Books. Excerpts from \u003ci\u003eSteam Pigs\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Hard Yards \u003c\/i\u003ewere chosen for \u003ci\u003eFresh Cuttings\u003c\/i\u003e, UQP's first anthology of Black Australian Writing, which will be released in October 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157014417543,"sku":"9780702239199","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ff939fc45b381ec0856c9f5f8c4af2a0.webp?v=1733248006","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/mullumbimby-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}