Dear Son Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons

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Dear Son shares heartfelt letters written by First Nations men about life, masculinity, love, culture and racism. Along with his own vivid and poignant prose and poetry, author and editor Thomas Mayo invites 12 contributors to write a letter to their son or father, bringing together a range of perspectives that offers the greatest celebration of First Nations manhood.
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ISBN:

9781741177565

Format:

Hardback

Pages:

200

Dimensions:

21cm x 13cm

Weight:

570g

RRP:

$36.99

Category:

Health & Wellbeing , Pop Culture , Non-Fiction

Publisher:

Hardie Grant Explore

Published:

01 September 2021

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Mayo

Thomas Mayo is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. In high school, Thomas’s English teacher suggested he should become a writer. He didn’t think then that he would become one of the first ever Torres Strait Islander authors to have