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Book review: The Hate Race, by Maxine Beneba Clarke

April 17, 2017 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clark

The Hate Race is Maxine Beneba Clarke’s memoir of growing up black in a white, middle-class Australian suburb in the 1980s and 1990s. It’s an enjoyable, rollicking tale of happy childhood memories peppered with shocking jolts of ingrained racism and unchecked bullying. It’s always fun to read a childhood memoir by someone who grew up […]

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5 primary school memories I found in a box

March 29, 2016 by Rebecca Bowyer 34 Comments

Row of 6 matrushka dolls in descending height order

When an extra bedroom and more living space was added to our 3-bedroom house in around 1986 my Mum insisted on tacking on a storeroom. The builders were baffled. You must understand – this was before storage areas were standard, before walk-in wardrobes were even a thing. Mum got her way and we got a small […]

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