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A deadly memoir about being bold, Black and brave in work, life and
love 'Sharing my story is important ... I think it is true that you
don't aspire to be what you cannot see. I would like this book to
show you that you can push yourself to do things you never dreamed
you would do.' As a young Larrakia Tiwi girl Miranda Tapsell often
felt like an outsider. Growing up, she looked for faces like hers
on our screens. There weren't many. And too often there was a
negative narrative around First Nation lives, and Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander women especially. As she got older, Miranda
stopped expecting others would help change things and set about
doing something herself. Combining her pride in her Aboriginality
and passion for romantic comedies with her love of Darwin, the Tiwi
Islands and the Top End, Miranda co-wrote, produced and starred in
the box office hit Top End Wedding. In this engaging memoir,
Miranda shares the path she took to acting and how her role in The
Sapphires and then in Love Child inspired her to create a film
about coming back to family and culture. And, it would turn out,
that as she was writing her romantic lead she was also conjuring up
some magic that saw a real-life love ignite. This deadly,
ballad-loving rom-com nerd also asks us all to open our minds and
our hearts to the importance of country and culture, In doing so,
Miranda shows us how we will all be richer for it. Funny, wise and
thought-provoking, Top End Girl will have you at hello. 'Everything
Miranda is known for: her warmth, humour, generosity and bravery
leaps off the page as she takes you on a joyous and intimate
journey of her life from cheeky little Darwin girl to a
ground-breaking icon.' NAKKIAH LUI
A deadly memoir about being bold, black and brave in work, life and
love 'Sharing my story is important ... I think it is true that you
don't aspire to be what you cannot see. I would like this book to
show you that you can push yourself to do things you never dreamed
you would do.' As a young Larrakia Tiwi girl Miranda Tapsell often
felt like an outsider. Growing up, she looked for faces like hers
on our screens. There weren't many. And too often there was a
negative narrative around First Nation lives, and Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander women especially. As she got older, Miranda
stopped expecting others would help change things and set about
doing something herself. Combining her pride in her Aboriginality
and passion for romantic comedies with her love of Darwin, the Tiwi
Islands and the Top End, Miranda co-wrote, produced and starred in
the box office hit Top End Wedding. In this engaging memoir,
Miranda shares the path she took to acting and how her role in The
Sapphires and then in Love Child inspired her to create a film
about coming back to family and culture. And, it would turn out,
that as she was writing her romantic lead she was also conjuring up
some magic that saw a real-life love ignite. This deadly,
ballad-loving rom-com nerd also asks us all to open our minds and
our hearts to the importance of country and culture, In doing so,
Miranda shows us how we will all be richer for it. Funny, wise and
thought-provoking, Top End Girl will have you at hello.
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