Books such as these build more bridges between Aboriginal and the wider society than any secondary source study or essay ever could. Black Chicks Talking and My Side of the Bridge tell the stories of a diverse group of Aboriginal women, most of whose lives would not meet the traditional requirements for published autobiography. On the whole, they are neither famous nor infamous. Most do not conduct their lives in public, nor try to. Perhaps they are swept up in a publishing trend that, at last, is acknowledging this country’s hidden voices, but their stories deserve to be told.
My Side of the Bridge: The Life Story of Veronica Brodie by Veronica Brodie
Wakefield, $24.95 pb, 199pp
Black Chicks Talking by Leah Purcell
Hodder, $29.95 pb, 379pp
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