PublishedMelbourne University Press, July 2018 |
ISBN9780522873153 |
FormatSoftcover, 200 pages |
Dimensions23.2cm × 15.3cm × 1.9cm |
Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction. One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded.
It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance.
