Home to Mother
Doris (Garimara) Pilkington
The young reader's edition of‚ Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence.
This younger reader's version of Doris Pilkington's amazing best-selling true story of courage and love will grab readers of all ages, and take them on a journey through a country as beautiful as it is harsh. A journey home.
Molly, Gracey and Daisy are on the run, determined to escape the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls follow the rabbit-proof fence 1,600 north, knowing it would lead them home. Their journey reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine.
Paperback edition
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Doris (Garimara) Pilkington
Doris Pilkington's traditional name is Nugi Garimara. She was born in 1937 on Balfour Downs Station in the East Pilbara, homeland of her Mardu ancestors. As a toddler she was removed by authorities from her home at the station, along with her mother Molly Craig and baby sister Anna, and committed to Moore River Native Settlement. This was the same institution Molly had escaped from ten years previously, the account of which is told in‚ Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence.