Paint Me Black: Memories of Croker Island & Other Journeys by Claire Henty-Gebert, Peter Forest

Paint Me Black: Memories of Croker Island & Other Journeys by Claire Henty-Gebert, Peter ForestBorn in the late 1930s, the daughter of a white settler and an Alyawarra woman, Claire was four years old when she was taken to the Bungalow mission in Alice Springs. Much of her young life was spent on the newly formed Croker Island mission, and she recalls happy days in the care of compassionate missionaries. Sent south to escape the threat from Japanese fighters during World War II, Claire later returned to Croker Island and married. Inspired by

' my father said

dressed in Victorian garb

'A beautiful and compassionate retelling that gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity' - Jennifer Saint

our hero travels in search of love

Gabe will need all his cunning to come out of this alive

take your time and enjoy it

Gayle Kennedy and El Gibbs

and when two cute brothers enter the picture

the book includes magnificent paintings

text-indent:0pt} Tim Winton's Breath

all would be put back in place

but every morning