Ebook {Epub PDF} A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley

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PRAISE FOR THEA ASTLEY AND A KINDNESS CUP 'Smart, compassionate.' New York Times 'One of the earliest and most empathetic postwar engagements by a white Australian writer with the horrors of nineteenth-century racial violence.' Australian Book Review. A reckoning with oppression, guilt and the weight of the past, A Kindness Cup is one of Thea Astley's greatest achievements. show more. (99 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. English. By (author) Thea Astley, By (author) Kate Grenville. US$ A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley Text Classics. pp. $ AU. Published April, ISBN The first book of Thea Astley's I read was A Kindness Cup, which was published in Rereading it in the early s I was awed at how ahead of her time she was. Thirty years beforehand she had known what some of us were only just.

A Kindness Cup, by Thea Astley. The title of A Kindness Cup is ironic. It alludes to the New year’s Eve tradition of raising a glass (i.e. a cup o’ kindness’) while singing Auld Lang Syne. The words ‘We’ll take a cup of kindness yet’ express ‘good will, friendship and kind regard’ to absent friends, and they evoke a sense of belonging and fellowship among the company. Thea Astley’s A Kindness Cup is undoubtedly one of my favourite reads. Published in this is a book set to challenge white Australia’s view of itself. A Kindness Cup. by Thea Astley. A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley Text Classics. pp. $ AU. Published April, ISBN The first book of Thea Astley’s I read was A Kindness Cup, which was published in Rereading it in the early s I was awed at how ahead of her time she was.