The story of a boy who was born to an Australian Aboriginal girl and a white man. Tom who belong-a-nobody
A heart wrenching story.
This book will drive you to the pits of Hell and raise you to the heights of Heaven Mary, an aboriginal girl births her baby Tom alone. The Father , Old Tom refuses to acknowledge his son and throws Mother and child out into the night. So begins the life of Tom Ugly as an outcast from both the indigenous tribes of Australia and the new European society. two reviews on Amazon.com. here is a review from a family member We have just finished reading "Tom Ugly". A real good yarn and you tell it well. I'll never be able to go across the bridge again without thinking of old and young Tom. Keep up the good work. You're only just beginning! How about a sequel now....a yarn further down the coast when young Tom starts again!!?? Perhaps the Shoalhahven. or Eurobodalla. on the NSW South Coast. from R. Rowe. now available on amazon books world wide and on Kindle.
Excerpt
Tom stood gazing out to sea, his eyes blinded by tears. The one person he could rely on, the one stability in his life was laying stiffening on an old rug mat- while the crones wept and wailed over her body.
With skin too dark for the European colonists and too light for the aboriginal Dharawal indigenous people little Tom faces prejudice for simply being. Life spent living with his mother’s people taught little Tom that he really does not fit with the native people, his return
at the bidding of the village elders at age seven to Tom’s cabin following his mother’s death to illness; reinforces the lad’s understanding that he really belong-a-no-body.
I received an ARC for review, I am happy to recommend Tom Ugly for those who like a narrative well stated.
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