'Deep down in my sub-conscious, I knew that I'd been hiding my 'affliction' in the isolation of the outback. And there would come the day when I would eventually have to leave Waaree -- to find my own kind -- in the deaf and mute world of the big cities. It was something I'd been putting off for years. I loved the bush, the outback, working on a cattle station and the thought of trying to make my unskilled way in a city, was so alien to me, that I never had the courage to make the break and leave. Soon I would have no choice. My voice is my hands and I needed to be able to talk to people, to tell them what I am saying and feeling.' (Publication summary)
Writing Disability in Australia
| Type of disability | Mutism |
| Type of character | Primary |
| Point of view | Third person |
