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THE BOY FROM THE MISH
The Boy from the Mish is a heart-warming queer Indigenous Own Voices love story, from a startlingly talented debut author. This is contemporary YA, set in a former Aboriginal mission (the Mish) in a rural coastal Australian town, charting the hugely satisfying emotional journey of seventeen-year-old Jackson as he struggles to accept that he's gay.
It's a hot summer. Seventeen-year-old Jackson is living with his family on the Mish, hanging out with his mates, having problems with his girlfriend, teasing the visiting tourists, and avoiding the racist boys in town. As they do every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins are visiting from the city for the summer holidays. And this time Tomas, a mysterious boy with a troubled past, has come with them.
As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of his relationships with his friends, family and community. And he must face his darkest secret - a secret he thought he'd locked away for good.
Compelling, honest and beautifully written, The Boy from the Mish is a about first love, identity, and the superpower of self-belief, a first novel like no other. It features a budding romance between two Aboriginal boys, has themes of self-acceptance, identity and the importance of community, and captures the experiences of growing up in a small rural Aboriginal village. It explores homophobia in First Nations Australian communities, the ongoing impacts of history, and the effects of racism and stereotyping on young First Nations people today.
Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin man, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. Growing up a massive Kylie Minogue and North Queensland Cowboys fan, Gary was always writing as a child, and continued his creative journey when he moved to Sydney to study at film school. Gary has experience working in Aboriginal health, the disability sector (including experience working in the Youth Justice System), and the film industry (including on Jasper Jones). He was Bega Valley Shire Council Young Citizen of the Year, won the Patrick White Young Indigenous Writers' Award, and has received a Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. The Boy from the Mish is Gary's debut YA novel.
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Published 2021-02-01 by Allen & Unwin |