Haunted by the Past

by Ruby Langford Ginibi

Haunted by the Past is the story of Ruby Langford Ginibi's son, Nobby, who has been in and out of prisons since he was an adolescent. Most famously he was involved with an escape from Long Bay in 1974. Nobby has had to deal with the death of three of his siblings as well as the deaths in custody of many of his black friends. This book is their story as well as his. With the bias of motherlove, Ginibi tracks the system's failed attempts to brutalise her son, and its war against him and many other young black men and women.

182 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Ruby Langford, a Bunjalung aborigine, was born at the Box Ridge Mission, Coraki on the NSW north coast, grew up at Bonalbo and went to high school in Casino.

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

equally sad and inspiring