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Brewster reflects on her discovery that Coonardoo was based on families who were ancestors of Doris Pilkington and that Prichard's novel was set in the same time period as the events depicted in Pilkington's Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence. Brewster contrasts the depiction of Aboriginal people's lives in the two works.
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'Stories Without End includes writing that is complex, innovative, and polished, and writing that is raw, rugged, and passionate. In their different ways, all the pieces are powerful...' (Source: editorial, Southerly Vol. 62 No. 2 2002: 5-6)
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10116/20020912-0000/www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/archive/Issue-March-2002/brewster.htmlAboriginal Life Writing and Globalisation: Doris Pilkington's Follow the Rabbit-Proof FenceAustralian Humanities Review
153-161Aboriginal Life Writing and Globalisation: Doris Pilkington's Follow the Rabbit-Proof FenceSoutherly