The Yield
Book Club Review 8 readers This was a book that we all agreed was very well written!! The structure of the book was a little hard to understand at first, but once we had worked it out, we all enjoyed it. The book club members appreciated: * the fascinating insight into and celebration of the Indigenous language * the weaving of the 3 characters stories with Indigenous terms and meanings * the shining of a light on the dream time! * layers of time with 3 different narratives. Barb’s Review This was my favourite book for 2022!! Engaging, absorbing, insightful and superbly crafted!! Was highlighting sentences on almost every page 🙂 I LOVED the 3 narrative voices: Past voice of Greenleaf – as he details his shock and despair at the inhumanness he observes Voice of Albert – through the Indigenous dictionary entries that highlights how the Indigenous think, feel, view the world and their history Present voice of August – grappling with implications of the past and its ongoing trauma. After reading this book, I had a greater understanding of the Indigenous generational trauma, the displacement due to the loss of Indigenous language and the subsequent loss of culture. Highly recommend!