Mutant Message Down Under

I borrowed this and then bought a used copy so I could post a review. About twenty pages into this poorly written account, I decided to check the writer out on Google. What I found there, and it is all easy to find, stunned me. I finished the book, went back to what is available on line about the writer and the Aboriginal people she supposedly writes about, and had to post this.

The book is a fraud. There is no need to take my word for it.The book has been exposed clearly in other places on the web. Although listed as fiction, the disclaimer inside makes it clear that the writer does not intend for you to understand her experience as fiction. Many other reviewers have noted that the book is not accurate, and yet that the message is pleasing to New Age folks and the implication here is that because the message resonates with some, the facts don’t matter.

People, facts do matter. Especially since this book is being taught in institutions of learning. When is it ok to tell a high school student that because the conclusion he/she came to is right, the facts used to support that conclusion are irrelevant? This is cheating at the expense of others, and it is deceitful, arrogant, and profoundly cynical. Hardly New Age.

The proper way to teach this book would be to have students read it, with no preparation. Have the students respond to what they read. Then have your students research what has been written and said about this book on line, and then have a discussion about ethics, ethics in publishing, ethics of borrowing someone else’s culture to make money, etc.

I eagerly read this book recommended to me which had a compelling story line. Unfortunately, even though initially labelled as fiction, throughout the book it was implied to be true and even had the sworn testimony and picture of a native Australian at the back of the book, it is totally fiction. This appropriation of someone elses cultural story was at the very least disappointing and has put me off reading any more from this author. At worst, it takes advantage of a people already historically mistreated, disenfranchised and marginalised.

Top among them was a vivid demonstration of how to leave fewer footprints behind us on this planet; how to actually cooperate and co-create with Earth and her inhabitants. And while I consider that the most important message, aka takeaway, there are many more layered into this book.
Whether you believe this event actually happened or not is immaterial to the messages of sovereignty, intuitive knowing, healing, and living with the Earth.
We are so much more than our jobs, our homes, our clothes, our relationships. We are so much more than political affiliations and gender identification. If we chose to tap into even a small portion of what’s available to us, our lives and our world would be changed in a profoundly beautiful way.
I’m so glad I read this book.

This book tells us what we need to do, of course, gradually, to go back to the nature, live with the Nature. Stop fossil fuel, stop plastics, and so on. But this book tells the ultimate way. When people have been existing 50000 years and no trace of pollution. We need to learn to do better than we are doing now.

Any book that causes me to write down passages or re-read them to make sure they are locked in my brain is a 5 star book. If you have an open mind, and read it with an open mind Im sure every person could find a part that resonates with them. Will revisit this book again in my life Im sure.

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