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Stone Sky Gold Mountain

Mirandi Riwoe

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English
Queensland Univ. Press
31 March 2020
Set during the gold-rush era in Australia, this remarkable novel is full of unforgettable characters and deals with timeless questions of identity and belonging.

Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields is hard, and they soon abandon the diggings and head to nearby Maytown. Once there, Lai Yue finds a job as a carrier on an overland expedition, while Ying finds work in a local store and strikes up a

friendship with Meriem, a young white woman with her own troubled past. When a serious crime is committed, suspicion falls on all those who are considered outsiders.

Evoking the rich, unfolding tapestry of Australian life in the late nineteenth century, Stone Sky Gold Mountain is a heartbreaking and universal story about the exiled and displaced, about those who encounter discrimination yet yearn for acceptance.

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Imprint:   Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 224mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   348g
ISBN:   9780702262739
ISBN 10:   0702262730
Pages:   264
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mirandi Riwoe is the author of the novellaThe Fish Girl, whichwon Seizure's Viva la Novella V and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Queensland Literary Award's UQ Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared inBest Australian Stories, Meanjin, Review of Australian Fiction, Griffith ReviewandBest Summer Stories. Mirandi has a PhD in Creative Writing and Literary Studies and lives in Brisbane.

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