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Books : Message from Forever: A Novel of Aboriginal WisdomIn association with Amazon.comby: Marlo Morgan  List Price: $24.00 Price: $2.79 You Save: $21.21 (88%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060191078 ISBN: 0060191074 Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 323 Publication Date: July 03, 1998 Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: June 03, 1998 Studio: HarperCollins Sales Rank: 748544 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Following her modern classic and worldwide bestseller Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's long-awaited new novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the search for roots that reunites them form opposite sides of the globe. Once more Morgan unveils the inspiring aboriginal worldview while pointedly exposing the plight of an ancient race rapidly becoming extinct as a result of more than two hundred years of systematic discrimination. Message from Forever follows the lives of Australian aboriginal twins who were taken form their young mother by Christian missionaries. The baby boy is sent to a huge sheep ranch, where he grows up with little adult supervision and random affection. On his own, Geoff develops his talent as an artist, producing work at a level well beyond his five years. The boy is adopted by an American minister and is raised in New England with little sense of who he is or of his cultural heritage. His sister is given only the first name Beatrice by the nuns at an Australian orphanage, where she encounters continual racism and experiences shattering looses for the first eighteen years of her life. Upon reaching adulthood, Beatrice leaves the orphanage to work at a boardinghouse. Beatrice hungers to know more about her ancestral roots. She walks away from her life in the city to strike out into the northern desert nation, where she goes on a walkabout with a small band of Aborigines. Geoff does not fare so well in America. As a teen, he runs away from home and slips into a life of crime, alcohol, and alienation. His addictions destroy him, and he finds himself on Death Row with little sense of how he got there. After decades of learning about people in the Outback, Beatrice leaves her nomadic life to become a "runner between both worlds." She returns to the Mutant world as a political activist fighting for aboriginal rights of citizens arrested and convicted of crimes in foreign countries, as well as a champion of the rights of adults who were taken from their native culture as children. Her life's work bring her into contact with her lost brother, though neither is aware of their relationship. Beatrice gives Geoff the "message from forever," which outlines aboriginal philosophy and principles of good living, along with an offer to return to Australia. As we read the message with Geoff, we are challenged to stretch our concepts of identity, spirituality, and openness transcends injustice and degradation, directing us to live our lives in accordance with ageless values and simple wisdom. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not what I expectedI'm interested in Australia and the Aboriginals, so when I saw this book I read it. Boy, was I disappointed... It's not badly written and I haven't read her other book, so I can't compare them, but the whole second part of the book also struck me (like some other reviewers) as a new-age message... Which is something I can only digest in really small portions, so I fully admit that I skipped pieces of the second part ! Another thing that bothered me about the book, was the ... Read More Rating:  - A gripping, moving and compelling storyIn so many ways Australia is a world apart. It's literally on the other side of the world. Their seasons are the opposite of ours. They speak that crazy Aussie English. But we have a lot in common too. We are both former British colonies founded mainly by people England wanted to be rid of. And when those settlers arrived in both places, they annihilated the dark skinned "savage" natives. When actual genocide had its limits, the settlers engaged in wholesale social, cultural and religious genocide ... Read More Rating:  - Sad, Painful, Uplifting, FlawedA young Australian aborigine woman gives birth to twins somewhere in the wilderness. It is a time when the aboriginal culture is rapidly being decimated by well-meaning but oppressive whites. The little girl is shipped off to a cruel Catholic boarding school. The little boy is shuffled here and there but eventually ends up in America, with an adoptive family who treat him with unbelievable insensitivity. Ultimately he finds himself imprisoned on death row. The struggles of the two children are ... Read More Rating:  - TOTAL FICTION! Needs a zero star rating!The "Message" of this book is new-age nonsense not wisdom from the aboriginal people of Australia. It's an example of further exploitation and misrepresentation of native people. Save your money! Rating: - A most thought provoking story that can change your thinkingI came across this book accidently when on vacation and found it to so riveting that I could not put it down until finished. I have told others who would appreciate Marlo's openness to the experiences that unfolded to her. How fortunate she followed...what else could she have done! She was called! Browse for similar items by category:
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