Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australian author, and her writing is suffused with language that will be unfamiliar to most American readers, which makes settling into the narrative a bit of a challenge. Also, her grandfather is dying, so…home it is-at least for a bit. But her ex-girlfriend is in prison for robbery, and Kerry is hoping to avoid the same fate. The fact that, in Durrongo, even the birds are up in her business is a grating reminder of why she left in the first place. The fact that they critique her command of the Bundjalung language is exasperating. When Kerry Salter returns to her hometown in New South Wales, the first conversation she has is with a trio of crows. An award-winning Australian author explores family dysfunction and the legacy of colonial oppression in her American debut.
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