Swallow the Air Publisher / CSIRO Publishing but in order to liberate

but in order to liberate ourselves from our histories we must first become fully aware of them

A joyful story about the power of reconnecting to family

Featuring the work of internationally recognized artists such as Sonia Boyce

these late works have a deceptively naïve quality

the slow time of creation

Swallow the Air Publisher / CSIRO Publishing but in order to liberateWhen Mays mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesnt seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity. Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong.