Summary

“Freddy Andrews” by Polly Borland tells the story of Freddy Andrews, a young Australian confused about his identity. His mother is an Aboriginal woman who grew up in an educational state institution. When she was an adult, she married another Aboriginal man and had two boys with him, who were also placed in educational facilities, ran by the Australian state. Later, the woman married a white Australian and the two conceived Freddy and his sister. As half-Aboriginal, half-white, Freddy inherited ...