In Graft, Maggie Mackellar recounts a year on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania. A beautiful depiction of her experiences of motherhood, family, nature and home, the book is a stunning tale about giving thanks, the inescapable elemental laws of nature and the joys of being one with the land.
More than simply a year of life on a farm, Graft is a study of nature and its redemptive, healing power. Its beauty and devastation across four wild seasons; weaving the delicate balance between letting nature take its course and human instinct to intervene. It is acknowledging and respecting the borrowed land on which we live and work.
Graft is a reflection on motherhood, and struggling to find your place when your primary identity has changed – namely, when children leave the nest. It is an insight into one person’s grief and trauma, of processing and finding a way through it all. Above all, it is a stunning thanksgiving for a place and a moment in motherhood, and a timely reminder of the inescapable elemental laws of nature.
Come along to Orange City Library to meet bestselling author Maggie Mackellar.
The event is supported by Collins Booksellers, Orange.
