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The price of two sparrows, Christy Collins

Label
The price of two sparrows
Title
The price of two sparrows
Statement of responsibility
Christy Collins
Title variation
Price of 2 sparrows
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Heico is an ornithologist fighting a losing battle to protect the birds in his beachside suburb. When a journalist asks for comment on a planned development, Heico exaggerates his reports on how many migratory birds use the site. Soon it is revealed that the proposed building is a mosque, and he finds himself embroiled in community resistance to the project. Still, he refuses to back down. As the delayed mosque project becomes a focal point for growing Islamophobia, Heico must confront his own ghosts, and the prejudices he insists he doesn't have. Nahla is Heico's house cleaner. Having recently arrived in Australia she is trying to find her place in a new country and a new marriage. Isolated and lonely, she sees the mosque as a symbol of what she hopes to find in Australia: community, familiarity, acceptance. But as resistance to the project intensifies, she must summon the courage and the language to speak out and claim her space in this new life. Piercingly clear-eyed and deeply insightful, The Price of Two Sparrows explores what we hold sacred and why. It delicately picks apart questions of community and prejudice, religion and nature in the modern world. This is a beautiful and thought-provoking debut from an exceptional new Australian writer
Cataloging source
YDX
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Collins, Christy
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
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  • Birds
  • Social isolation
  • Multiculturalism
  • Islam and civil society
  • Ornithologists
  • Cleaning personnel
  • Prejudices
  • Mosques
  • Race relations
Target audience
adult
Label
The price of two sparrows, Christy Collins
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000068424855
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
277 pages
Isbn
9781922400635
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1199127679
Label
The price of two sparrows, Christy Collins
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000068424855
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
277 pages
Isbn
9781922400635
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1199127679

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