Matters of the Heart
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Matters of the Heart

By Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceNarrated by John Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
Length9h 35m

About this audiobook

The moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed. Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary. In this remarkable memoir, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price candidly recalls her journey from the remote outback communities of Yuendumu and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory - a young girl with big dreams and the red dust of her ancestors under her fingernails - to the corridors of Canberra and beyond. Honest, raw and at times heartbreaking, Matters of the Heart is a deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices of our time. 'I've been to hell and back, and I've survived.'

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir, Politics and Government, Psychology
Length9 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byJohn Howard, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 12, 2025
LanguageEnglish

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