Black and Blue
A Memoir of Racism and Resilience
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Veronica Gorrie
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The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian Police Force.
A proud Gunai/Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia. In her ten years in the force, she witnessed appalling institutional racism and sexism and fought past those things to provide courageous and compassionate service to civilians in need, many Aboriginal themselves.
With a great gift for storytelling and a wicked sense of humour, Gorrie frankly and movingly explores the impact of racism on her family and her life, the impact of intergenerational trauma resulting from cultural dispossession and the inevitable difficulties of making her way in the white- and male-dominated workplace of the police force.
Black and Blue is a memoir of remarkable fortitude and resilience, told with wit, wisdom and great heart.
2022, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Victorian Prize for Literature Winner
2022, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Short-listed
2022, Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Small Publishers' Adult, Short-listed
©2021 Veronica Gorrie (P)2021 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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Commentaires
"Loved it. I read it in one sitting - couldn't put it down." (Melissa Lucashenko, author of Too Much Lip)
"This is the read for Australia now...it crackles with urgency. Honestly. I was left with a startling clarity after reading Black and Blue." (Rick Morton, author of My Year of Living Vulnerably)
"Women who have historically been silenced: now more than ever, we need to be reading their stories." (Jessie Tu, Sydney Morning Herald)