An honest and deeply personal story of how a privileged white woman
deals with the realisationthat the children she grew up with were
part of the Stolen Generation. Born into privilege and wealth in
1959, Amanda Webster is a sixth-generation Australian descended
from white settlers and a third-generation resident of Kalgoorlie.
When she turned five Amanda startedschool at Kalgoorlie where she
met and befriended Aboriginal children from the nearby
KurrawangMission, established in 1952 - with the help of the
Department of Native Affairs - by Brethrenmissionaries. At that
time the affairs of Aboriginal people were controlled by the Chief
Protector, noneother than Webster's very own grandfather. Forty
years later, Webster returns to her hometown to reconnect with her
former friends, and to piecetogether Kurrawang's story. Webster
confronts her racist blunders, her cultural ignorance and her
family'ssecret past, beginning a journey of reconciliation that
will take her well outside her comfort zone and into a world she
hardly knew existed. A Tear in the Soul is a frank, beautifully
written account of Webster's personal journey towards the
realisation that she, like generations of Australians, grew up with
a distorted and idealised version of the past. This book,
shattering many of the myths about modern Australia's history, will
shock, move and anger yet give a sense of hope for the future.
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