Joanne Tuscano Joanne Tuscano i(A73604 works by) (a.k.a. Jo Tuscano)
Gender: Female
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'Jo Tuscano is co-author with Bill Simon and Des Montgomerie of Back on the Block: Bill Simon’s Story (2009) about Bill’s experience as a Stolen Generations member in the Kinchela Boys’ Home. Her two novels Under Andromeda and The River Child will be published in 2020 by Odyssey Books. Her forthcoming book This Is Where You Have to Go is co-authored with Lynda Holden and explores Lynda’s experience as an Indigenous mother whose baby was taken by forced adoption. Jo’s current project is writing with Christine Palmer, an Indigenous elder, who was an early activist in Alice Springs in the seventies.' (Westerly 64.2 p. 148)

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y separately published work icon The River Child Fyshwick : Odyssey Books , 2021 23593423 2021 single work novel

'Standing beside Elise’s grave, Siobhan Montrell remembers how her mother finally blew the perfect smoke ring on the day that Elise disappeared. Remembers the day that would change and define her life forever.

'The toddler’s body was found in the river near Gables Guesthouse. Only eleven years old at the time, Siobhan has carried the guilt of Elise’s death with her since that day.

'Twenty-eight years later, Siobhan returns to Rachley Island, having inherited Gables — guesthouse and family home — from her aunt. Cleaning the property to prepare it for sale, she discovers an old book in which her aunt used to draw and write, revealing the truth about the tragic drowning.

'The River Child is a tale of grief and guilt, deceit and secrets, and ultimately forgiveness.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2022 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
2022 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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