'Lucashenko is a national treasure: there are no two ways around it.' Vogue Australia *
Already the winner of eight major literary awards including Australia's richest literary prize
* TWO UNFORGETTABLE STORIES. TWO FAMILIES. TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF HISTORY. 1854: When
Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Brisbane - or Edenglassie as it was once briefly known -
his community still outnumbers the British settlers. Tensions are simmering just beneath the
surface of a fragile peace but hopes for independence are running high. Yet when colonial
unrest tears through the region Mulanyin's passion for his new bride clashes with his loyalty
to a homeland in danger. Two centuries later fiery activist Winona meets Dr Johnny when her
grandmother Eddie has a serious fall. Winona just wants the obstinate centenarian back on her
feet but a shrewd journalist has other ideas. Eddie becomes a local celebrity dominating the
headlines as 'Queensland's Oldest Aboriginal'. Her time in the spotlight brings past and
present crashing together the legacy of Nita and Mulanyin's tragic past reaching into Winona
and Eddie's lives with consequences they couldn't have predicted.
