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Rick Morton is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning journalist.
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- Published 30-05-2023
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- Pages 208
- Subjects Autobiography: general True stories: general Drugs and alcohol: social aspects News media and journalism Family & relationships
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One Hundred Years of Dirt
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- Subjects Autobiography: general True stories: general Drugs and alcohol: social aspects News media and journalism Family & relationships
- Imprint MUP
One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance.
Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction
One Hundred Years of Dirt is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance.
AWARDS
Longlisted, 2019 ABIA Biography of the Year
Longlisted, 2019 ABIA Matt Richell New Writer of the Year
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