This is my blood, this is my song. In the early 1940s in Czechoslovakia, Rafael Ullmann and his family are sent to Terezin, the so-called model ghetto for Jewish artists. In the 1970s in Canada, Annie Ullmann lives a predictable, lonely life on a prairie with her reclusive father and deaf-dumb mother. Thirty years later, in Australia, Joe Hawker is uncertain about himself and his future. Told across three continents and time-lines, This Is My Song is a symphonyencouraging us to find our own music.
The book critically explores the concept of belonging and how it can respond to contemporary problems in not only the traditional domains of citizenship and migration, but also in detention practices, queer and feminist politics, Australian ...
Gobbolino is a witch's cat who would rather be a kitchen cat.
After you meet Mutt Dog, youll want him to belong to you too. Based on the true story of the authors own beloved dog, Muttley, this is a warm tale of love and belonging.
May this book be a refuge to marvel at the nuance and complexity that makes you remarkably human."--Back cover.
The editors brought this book into being to serve as a single point of reference in an emerging and promising field of study"--
The peer-reviewed essays in this interdisciplinary volume explore the facets of migration and the consequences of displacement on the lives of those individuals who undertake the experience.
Originally published in Horsham, West Sussex by Maverick Arts Publishing Ltd. in 2015.
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Warm, realistic illustrations illuminate the text, showing children eating, playing, making music, and working together with family and friends. "Belonging feels so good!
"A sea born creature, who never quite belongs, discovers who she really is"--Back cover.