The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table (Paperback)

Wesley Enoch

ISBN 10: 086819803X / ISBN 13: 9780868198033

Published by Currency Press Pty Ltd, Paddington, 2007

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Paperback. 'Let this table be a home for me. Let it be a home for all the lost and the hungry. May all my children and my children's children eat at this table.' In the 1870s a girl is born under a treeher birth treechosen to give her strength and wisdom. When the tree is cut down she follows it into the white man's world, working as a cook for the big house on the island. Her tree has become a kitchen table, one she will pass down through successive generations as a legacya way of carving out her family stories. Now, generations later, a young man and his mother fight for ownership of the table.The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table is a moving testament to culture lived, lost and found, the strength of family, adapting and gathering together.Winner of the 2006 Patrick White Playwrights' Award. In the 1870's a girl is born under a tree - her birth tree - chosen to give her strength and wisdom. When the tree is cut down, she follows it into the white man's world, working as a cook for the big house on the island. Her tree has become a kitchen table, one she will pass down through successive generations as a legacy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table (Paperback)
• Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd, Paddington
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 086819803X
• ISBN 13: 9780868198033
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

'Let this table be a home for me. Let it be a home for all the lost and the hungry. May all my children and my children's children eat at this table.'

In the 1870s a girl is born under a tree - her birth tree - chosen to give her strength and wisdom. When the tree is cut down she follows it into the white man's world, working as a cook for the big house on the island. Her tree has become a kitchen table, one she will pass down through successive generations as a legacy - a way of carving out her family stories. Now, generations later, a young man and his mother fight for ownership of the table.

The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table is a moving testament to culture lived, lost and found, the strength of family, adapting and gathering together.