One Hundred Years of Dirt

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title One Hundred Years of Dirt
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rick Morton
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 232,Width 153
Category/GenreMemoirs
Family and relationships
ISBN/Barcode 9780522873153
ClassificationsDewey:306.85092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Melbourne University Press
Imprint Melbourne University Press
Publication Date 30 July 2018
Publication Country Australia

Description

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you've scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a spoon and hand-me-down psychological distress. Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance.

Author Biography

Rick Morton has escaped his past and become a leading journalist and social affairs writer for The Australian.