Two extraordinary stories set five generations apart are connected by a violent colonial
history in Melissa Lucashenko's stunning historical epic '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.
