AustLit

'An unforgettable and sweeping family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller The Book Thief.

'Bridge of Clay is about a boy who is caught in the current - of destroying everything he has, to become all he needs to be. He's a boy in search of greatness, as a cure for memory and tragedy. He builds a bridge to save his family, but also to save himself. It's an attempt to transcend humanness, to make a single, glorious moment:

'A miracle and nothing less.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

These carefully researched accounts are testaments to tribes from all over the island continent, from Tasmania to the Kimberley. The consistent theme is of a people pushed to the limit, and their eventual attempts to reassert some control over their own lives and traditional resources.