James Moloney Gracy

Gracey is the second in James Moloneys contemporary trilogy that deals with a range of issues facing indigenous society. In this text, Gracey finds herself confused virtually her identity, caught between the worlds of her primaeval background and the Anglo-Saxon environment of her exclusive boarding school. Graceys family has recently relocated to the remote town of Cunningham, however she feels estranged from the community.Graceys school friend, Angela, has come to retaliate and seems intrigued by Cunningham, however Gracey is impatient and embarrassed by her home. Intolerant of young brother Dougy and the prospect of becoming yet another single Aboriginal mother in Cunningham, she is eager to return to Brisbane. Gracey lives and acts white. Dougy meanwhile uncovers a sight grave of aboriginal bones in the small town, prompt an outrage by the local black community.They wish to reclaim the realm and demand answers surrounding the death of these men. Gracey too becomes enthra lled by the mystery, researching mass killings of Aborigines. She is shocked by her discoveries but becomes impassioned for the premier(prenominal) metre about her people and her heritage. When Graceys mother dies, she returns home to Cunningham and assumes the matriarchal role, taking electric charge of her two brothers. Raymond, her older alcoholic brother, drinks all of his social security money, loss the family penniless.He is aggressive and lost. Dougy has also become more apathetic, spending much of his time roaming the town foraging through rubbish. As a result of the breakthrough of the mass grave, the Aborigines in Cunningham participate in a protest certify which results in Raymond and Dougy being thrown into the watch house overnight. This is Dougys first brush with the law, however Raymond has spent many nights in the town jail. brokenhearted and depressed about his future, Raymond hangs himself in his cell.