Stolen Life

“I took the journey back to my land at Jigalong in Western Australia,' she wrote. 'I took my children to walk on my hot, dusty land. It was then that I was reunited with my mother”

With this words ,I would love to share with you dear bloggers, the life behind the author of the famous book “Rabbit Proof Fence”. Doris Pilkington was the protagonist´s daughter of the story told,and she wrote the famous book based on stories of her aunty Daisy. She as her mother, had a very difficult life, but she was capable to leave behind ,all the pain caused by the abandonment of her Mother and she dared to search her past.

Doris was denied being raised by her real family, for the same reason she always thought that Aborigines were inferior, that is why it was so difficult for her to find her past.

She was a great woman, and with the story of her mother, she contributed to create awareness of the damage caused to the stolen generation.

Is difficult to see, how so many people went through the same pain. It is inspiring how she was capable to use her history, as an living image of the damage that the government cause to the half caste children in all over the country.

According to me It’s very understandable her feelings about her past, She spent all her life believing that her mother abandoned her ,that must be very hard for a little girl ,that’s why I love her history even more. She was brave enough  to come back to the hot and dusty land as she called and create a change ,not only for her people, but for all the country that still hid this reality.

Dear Bloggers I would like to Know your comments about the history behind the book “Rabbit Proof Fence”

For more information, I found a really great page about the author’s Biography, Is very interesting and I learn a lot about her in there .See you next time 

http://rabbit-proof-fence.wikidot.com/the-author