| Too Afraid to Cry: Memoir of a Stolen Childhood Contributor(s): Eckermann, Ali Cobby (Author) |
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ISBN: 1631494244 ISBN-13: 9781631494246 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018020526 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Too Afraid to Cry, Ali Cobby Eckermann--who was recently awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize, one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world--describes with searing detail the devastating effects of racist policies that tore apart Indigenous Australian communities and created the Stolen Generations of "adoptees," Aboriginal children forcibly taken from their birth families. Told at first through the frank eyes of a child whose life was irretrievably changed after being "adopted" into a German Lutheran family, Too Afraid to Cry braids piercingly lyrical verse with spare prose to tell an intensely personal story of abuse and trauma. After years of suffering as a dark-skinned "outsider," Eckermann reveals her courageous efforts to reconcile with her birth family and find acceptance within their Indigenous community. Too Afraid to Cry offers a mirror to America and Canada's own dark history of coerced adoption of Native American children, and the violence inflicted on our continent's Indigenous peoples. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eckermann, Ali Cobby: - Ali Cobby Eckermann is an award-winning author who has toured the United States several times, most recently in connection with Yale's Windham-Campbell Prize. She lives in Adelaide, Australia. |