The Yield by Tara June Winch

The yield in English is the reaping, the things that man can take
from the land. In the language of the Wiradjuri yield is the things you
give to, the movement, the space between things: baayanha.

Knowing that he will soon die, Albert 'Poppy' Gondiwindi takes
pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby
River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to
pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered.
He finds the words on the wind.

August Gondiwindi has been living on the other side of the world for
ten years when she learns of her grandfather's death. She returns home for
his burial, wracked with grief and burdened with all she tried to leave behind.
Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin
and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company.
Determined to make amends she endeavours to save their land -
a quest that leads her to the voice of her grandfather and into
the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.

Profoundly moving and exquisitely written, The Yield is the story of a 
people and a culture dispossessed. But it is as much a celebration of
what was and what endures, and a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous
language, storytelling and identity.

Genres: Historical Fiction - Australia - Contemporary - Literary Fiction 
Condition: Very good
Published: 2019 by Penguin Hamish Hamilton
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9780143785750
Weight: 500g
Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award winner 2020