First Nations

Tell Me Again
by Amy Thunig

The most inspirational and important memoir of 2022.

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Overview

For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she learns what really happened that day. It’s a tale that exemplifies many of the events of her early life, where circumstances sometimes dictated that things be slightly different from how they might seem – including what is meant by her dad being away for ‘work’ and why her legal last name differs from her family’s.

In this remarkable memoir, Amy narrates her journey through childhood and adolescence, growing up with parents who struggled with addiction and incarceration. She reveals the importance of extended family and community networks when your immediate loved ones are dealing with endemic poverty and intergenerational trauma. In recounting her experiences, she shows how the stories we tell about ourselves can help to shape and sustain us. Tell Me Again will captivate, move and inspire readers with its candour and insight.

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Narelda Jacobs

‘Amy Thunig’s survival amidst chaos, addiction and poverty will leave you questioning your unconscious bias. Through love, forgiveness and a will to succeed Amy has risen against the odds to become a voice Australia needs.’

Clementine Ford

‘Lyrical, moving and above all life-affirming, Amy Thunig’s Tell Me Again is a masterful memoir.’

Lindsay McDougall

‘To have gone through everything Amy has - yet survive and thrive - is one thing, but to also turn it into such a striking piece of writing? Amazing!’

Yael Stone

‘Thunig proves it’s possible to humanise where others pathologise. A powerful story of the heart.’

Osher Günsberg

‘"If I was to ask you whose land you were on, you'd be able to tell me?” With just seventeen words, broadcast on prime-time television during The Bachelorette - Amy Thunig began a powerful, humanising and deeply present conversation between modern Australia and our knowledge of First Nations people. Her book Tell Me Again is a sharp and devastating account of a young woman growing up in the face of impenetrable systemic bias, discrimination and violence. A must-read for anyone who wishes for Australia to accept the ongoing legacy of our colonial history and move towards a better future for all of us.’

Julia Baird

‘Original, arresting and profound. I devoured this book and I will recommend it to everyone I know - the more people who read this story, the better we will all be.’

Amy Thunig

Dr Amy Thunig is a Gomeroi person who parents and partners on beautiful Awabakal Country. A Research Fellow within Jumbunna at the University of Technology Sydney, Amy's area of expertise is formal education systems and structures within so-called Australia. Amy's first book 'Tell Me Again: A Memoir' was recently released via UQP and has since been shortlisted in the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literature Awards, and the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards. A Director at Story Factory in Redfern, Amy contributes on various committees and councils including the AECG, has delivered a TEDx talk, was a co-curator of the 2023 All About Women Festival which is hosted annually at the Sydney Opera House, and is a media commentator and panellist.