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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Smashing Serendipity : The Story of One Moorditj Yorga
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'Life is tough for the Connell family, growing up in a small town where racist attitudes, discrimination and violence against Aboriginal people are commonplace. Lavinia is lucky: her parents ensure her family stays together while other cousins and friends are removed from the state. But violence and adversity occur over and over, even while young Lavinia also excels at sport and at school – drawing on her own inner strength and a physical resourcefulness. In time, Lavinia will find herself a homeless young widow, stripped of hope when her own four children are taken away. But she has a way of righting herself, using education and determination to bring her small family back together, and finding love when she least expects it.

'Smashing Serendipity is the yarn Lavinia tells her children and her grandchildren, gathered by the fire on the banks of the river where she grew up – the story of one good woman – one moordtj yorga – that reflects the stories of so many strong, determined women of her time.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 272p.
      Note/s:
      •  Published January 2023

      ISBN: 9781760991166

Works about this Work

Books Roundup Smashing Serendipity, Funny Ethnics, Birnam Wood Rosie Ofori Ward , Whitney Chen , Lucinda Bain , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2023;

— Review of Smashing Serendipity : The Story of One Moorditj Yorga Louise K Hansen , 2023 single work autobiography ; Funny Ethnics Shirley Le , 2023 single work novel
Debut Spotlight : Smashing Serendipity by Louise K. Hansen Alice Kearing (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2023;
Books Roundup Smashing Serendipity, Funny Ethnics, Birnam Wood Rosie Ofori Ward , Whitney Chen , Lucinda Bain , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2023;

— Review of Smashing Serendipity : The Story of One Moorditj Yorga Louise K Hansen , 2023 single work autobiography ; Funny Ethnics Shirley Le , 2023 single work novel
Debut Spotlight : Smashing Serendipity by Louise K. Hansen Alice Kearing (interviewer), 2023 single work interview
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , March 2023;
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