for the dry country

writing and drawings from the Centre

by Meg Mooney and Sally Mumford

A book of quietly authoritative speech and image in which one can hear the beating of a parched country haunted by a long-gone sea. This is poetry and image from the country and communities around Alice Springs. It’s the ‘story/of two peoples/ and their love for this dry country/a story that went wrong somewhere/ and is finding its way again.’

Books that take you to the heart of the heart are rare and precious, as are books that tell their story so honestly and so beautifully.