Stranger Country

'A tender and thought-provoking exploration of cultural and national identity, and a bewitching love letter to Australia, recounting the pain of what's been, the complications of the present, and offering hope for what is to come. Tan's curiosity and deep reverence for the land and its first inhabitants makes her the perfect travel buddy on this journey into the heart of Australia.' Michelle Law, author of Single Asian Female 'With 85 per cent of Australia's population scattered along the coast, too often we look out and across the sea for meaning and adventure. Monica Tan's Stranger Country is a call for us to look within: at our rich and varied geography, our long and buried history of diversity,and the 60,000-year-old culture on our doorstep. The cliche thatAustralia has no history or culture is false-we just don't often take the time to tell it. Stranger Country does. A necessary Australian story.' Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth 'Self-aware and provocative, Monica gets to the heart of what it means to call Australia home as a non-Indigenous person. Neverself- indulgent, Monica looks outwards and examines herself criticallyas she learns about the culture of the country she grew up in. I loved it, and came away with a new lens through which to see myself.' Bridie Jabour, journalist and author of The Way Things Should Be 'Stranger Country is a marvellously engaging, beautifully described record of a quest into the meaning of belonging, that documents both the gritty reality of a 30,000-kilometre solo road trip around Australia by one young woman, and her profoundly intelligent journey of mind.' Isobelle Carmody, author of The Obernewtyn Chronicles