Dingo
Dingo
Product Info
ISBN
9781740511025
Demographic
LibrariesGenre
Biography
The Dingo family history follows the formula of any self-respecting soap opera. It's full
of life, death, laughter, violence, struggle, children, poverty, alcohol, and surprisingly
after all that, success. It is the stuff of overblown fiction. It is also a history shared with
every other Aboriginal family, a history still unknown to many Australians.
Dingo makes that incredible story truly accessible to non-Aboriginal Australians. Told
through the eyes of Ernie Dingo's wife, Sally, it comes alive. It is also Sally's story.
Emerging from her white middle-class existence in a sleepy Tasmanian town, Sally
marries a charismatic actor and the turbulent Dingo tribe. She finds much to love and
much to cry about. With the unique perspective of a white woman adopted by an
Aboriginal family who is able to write about her experiences with great skill and warmth,
Dingo is a story to be treasured.