When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. The family gathered to mourn their loss and welcome the new baby home. But Doris never arrived to live with her family - she was stolen from the hospital and placed in Colebrook Home, where she stayed for the next fourteen years. The legacy of being a member of the Stolen Generations continued for Doris as she was placed in white homes as a virtual slave, struggled through relationships and suffered with anxiety and mental illness.
2000 | ISBN 9781875559954 | Paperback | 200 x 130 mm | 140 pp
When Doris Kartinyeri was a month old, her mother died. The family gathered to mourn their loss and welcome the new baby home. But Doris never arrived to live with her family - she was stolen from the hospital and placed in Colebrook Home, where she stayed for the next fourteen years. The legacy of being a member of the Stolen Generations continued for Doris as she was placed in white homes as a virtual slave, struggled through relationships and suffered with anxiety and mental illness.
2000 | ISBN 9781875559954 | Paperback | 200 x 130 mm | 140 pp
Doris Kartinyeri has a really strong voice, ...it is written from the heart. It is a very courageous book and I am really glad I read it.
–Ryl Harrison
Kick the Tin is a quiet, powerful book.
–Charlotte Simpson, Belletrista.com
‘[Kick the Tin] is a story of courage and survival, powerfully demonstrating how the human spirit can soar despite all the injuries and injustices which threaten to drag it down.’
–Lowitja O’Donoghue
