Hard Yards

Melissa Lucashenko

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Queensland Univ. Press
03 October 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

A powerful story of life and death on the run, from the Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning author of Too Much Lip

Roo Glover has two highly desirable talents - he can fight, and he can run like the clappers. In the inner-city's harsh code there are losers and survivors, and Roo's a survivor. He's made it through foster care, juvenile detention and poverty. He's an athlete, aching towards the dream of Olympic qualification. He's even coping with being white in the turbulent Aboriginal family of his girlfriend. But when cousin Stanley dies in custody, and Roo finds his father in the same week, trouble starts biting at his heels.

By: Melissa Lucashenko
Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 274g
ISBN: 9780702266089
ISBN 10: 0702266086
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 03 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melissa Lucashenko is a Goorie author of Bundjalung and European heritage. Her first novel was published in 1997 and since then her work has received acclaim in many literary awards. Melissa's sixth novel, Too Much Lip, won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Queensland Premier's Award for a Work of State Significance. Her latest book is Edenglassie.

Reviews for Hard Yards

'Melissa Lucashenko demonstrates a powerful ear for an Australian idiom largely absent from contemporary Australian literature.' -1998 Dobbie Award Judge's comment 'Lucashenko can tackle the hard stuff in a way that makes you feel glad to be alive.' - Jenny Pausacker, Author