Cover reveal for I AM NANNERTGARROOK
An historical novel by Tasma Walton
I am so proud to share this cover reveal with you today. Tasma Walton was the first author I signed as Publisher at Large with Bundyi Publishing, and I AM NANNERTGARROOK is an incredible story that all Australians should read.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
From her idyllic life in sea country in Nerrm (Port Phillip Bay, Victoria), Nannertgarrook is abducted and taken to a slave market, leaving behind a husband, daughter and son. Pregnant when seized, she soon gives birth to another son, whom she raises with the children of her fellow captives.
Nannertgarrook is separated not only from her Boonwurrung family, but from her birthright – the ceremonies she once was so joyously part of, the majestic whales who are her totem, the land and sky and sea country and its creatures. All these things she loves as deeply as she does her blood kin.
But now, as her reality becomes profoundly different, she must keep that family and her old life alive in her mind. Their rich, pulsating elements sing to us through her beautiful voice, even while Nannertgarrook herself is subjected to the worst of humanity. This sweeping novel asks us to consider who, in colonial history, were the real savages, and what it truly means to be civilised.
Based on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton, is coming April 2. Pre-order now.
Cover artwork by Laura La Rosa
Bundyi Publishing is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia
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