{"product_id":"i-am-nannertgarrook","title":"I Am Nannertgarrook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom her idyllic life in sea country in Nerrm (Port Phillip Bay, Victoria), Nannertgarrook is abducted and taken to a slave market, leaving behind a husband, daughter and son. Pregnant when seized, she soon gives birth to another son, whom she raises with the children of her fellow captives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNannertgarrook is separated not only from her Boonwurrung family, but from her birthright – the ceremonies she once was so joyously part of, the majestic whales who are her totem, the land and sky and sea country and its creatures. All these things she loves as deeply as she does her blood kin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut now, as her reality becomes profoundly different, she must keep that family and her old life alive in her mind. Their rich, pulsating elements sing to us through her beautiful voice, even while Nannertgarrook herself is subjected to the worst of humanity. This sweeping novel asks us to consider who, in colonial history, were the real savages, and what it truly means to be civilised.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTasma Walton is a proud Boonwurrung woman from the saltwater country of Melbourne and surrounding coastlines.  She has appeared in numerous television productions, including \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve, Rake, Cleverman, Deadloch, Mystery Rodv\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Secret Life of Us\u003c\/i\u003e; for her renowned role of Dash McKinley in Blue Heelers she received a Best New Talent Logie Award. Her films include Ivan \u003ci\u003eSen’s Mystery Road, Jub Clerc’s Sweet As; How to Please a Woman, Kid Snow, Looking for Grace, Blessed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFistful of Flies,\u003c\/i\u003e for the last of which she won the Sochi Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Her work across both film and television has seen her nominated for multiple AACTA Awards. Tasma’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eHeartless, \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for an ABIA Award for General Fiction, and the first book in her children’s series \u003ci\u003eNerra: Deep Time Traveller \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the DANZ Children’s Book Award. She has worked in various writer’s rooms and workshops in the development stage of many film, television and theatre productions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e2nd April 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948571717793,"sku":"","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0413\/0353\/9873\/files\/i-am-nannertgarrook-9781761426698_xlg.jpg?v=1788513253","url":"https:\/\/shop.fish.asn.au\/products\/i-am-nannertgarrook","provider":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","version":"1.0","type":"link"}