Mullumbimby
ABOUT
THE BOOK
A darkly funny novel of romantic love and cultural warfare from one of Australia’s most admired Indigenous voices.
When Jo Breen uses her divorce settlement to buy a neglected property in the Byron Bay hinterland, she is hoping for a tree change, and a blossoming connection to the land of her Aboriginal ancestors. What she discovers instead is sharp dissent from her teenage daughter, trouble brewing from unimpressed white neighbours and a looming Native Title war between the local Bundjalung families. When Jo unexpectedly finds love on one side of the Native Title divide she quickly learns that living on country is only part of the recipe for the Good Life.
Told with humour and a sharp satirical eye, Mullumbimby is a modern novel set against an ancient land.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Mullumbimby explores what it means to live and belong in Australia. Rich with culture and Aboriginal language this is a novel that is generous in its depiction of contemporary life played out on an ancient land.
Mullumbimby tells the story of Jo Breen, a woman whose journey to reconnect with her country, is punctuated by her challenging relationship with her daughter, conflicts with local neighbours and a looming Native Title war that will see her question what is needed to create a fulfilled life. Award winning author, Melissa Lucashenko’s latest work is a powerful novel which delves into the themes of country and place, the relationships that bind us and the conflicts between Aboriginal and white cultures in Australia.