Too Much Lip (2018) is a novel by Australian author Melissa Lucashenko. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and the Stella Award. It was the winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Award.
Plot summary
Protagonist Kerry returns to her hometown of Durrongo on a stolen Harley to bid farewell to her dying grandfather. A fugitive with warrants out for her arrest, she does not intend to stay in town for long. However she soon becomes embroiled in dramas with regards to her family, her local family history, and the overdevelopment of the local community, and unexpectedly finds love with a local dugai (white man) named Steve.
Awards
Stella Prize - 2019 - Shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards - 2019 - Longlisted Miles Franklin Award - 2019 - Winner Queensland Literary Awards - Courier Mail People’s Choice Award - 2019 - Shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards - Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance - 2019 - Shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards - The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award - 2019 - Shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards - 2019 - Shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing - Shortlisted Voss Literary Prize - 2019 - Shortlisted
References
Further reading
Melissa Lucashenko: Too Much Lip was a frightening book to write Stella Prize assessment Author Melissa Lucashenko aims for the heart by Maxine Beneba Clarke