Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully cautioned that this website contains images of people who have passed away.

The Bone Flute
by

This mesmerising novel draws us in to a life that none of us would choose. Uncompromising in confronting our assumptions about choice and responsibility, it takes us deep into the psyche of a young woman unable to escape domestic abuse - first from her loving father, then from a partner who oscillates between protection and vicious physical abuse. Germaine grows in strength and maturity but is in the end powerless to save her infant daughter. This subtle, intelligent novel soothes as well as disturbs, like the undulating music of the flute that flows through it.

A$23.95
(Paperback)
Available. Dispatched 2-3 business days
Overview

This mesmerising novel draws us in to a life that none of us would choose. Uncompromising in confronting our assumptions about choice and responsibility, it takes us deep into the psyche of a young woman unable to escape domestic abuse - first from her loving father, then from a partner who oscillates between protection and vicious physical abuse. Germaine grows in strength and maturity but is in the end powerless to save her infant daughter. This subtle, intelligent novel soothes as well as disturbs, like the undulating music of the flute that flows through it.

Details
Nike Bourke, author of The True Green of Hope, The Bone Flute, and What The Sky Knows

Nike Bourke

Nike Sulway (née Bourke) won the Queensland Premier’s Award for The Bone Flute in 2000. Since then she has published the novels The True Green of Hope (UQP, 2005), Rupetta (Tartarus Press, 2013), and Dying in the First Person (Transit Lounge, 2016), as well as the children’s picture book What The Sky Knows (illustrated by Stella Danalis) (UQP, 2009). Her works have won or been shortlisted for a range of national and international awards, including the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Award, the IAFA Crawford Award, an Aurealis Award,the Norma K. Hemming Award, and the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award.