One Hundred Years of Dirt

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 moth...

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Main Author Morton, Rick
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne Melbourne University Publishing 2018
Edition1
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9780522873160
0522873162
9780522873153
0522873154
DOI:10.2307/jj.4688133