The Yield

"The Yield" intertwines the stories of three voices and time periods: August Gondiwindi, a young woman who returns to her family’s land in Massacre Plains after her grandfather's death; Albert "Poppy" Gondiwindi, her grandfather, who leaves behind a Wiradjuri dictionary to preserve his heritage; and Reverend Ferdinand Greenleaf, who writes about his mission among the Wiradjuri in 1915. The novel centers on August's efforts to honor her grandfather’s legacy and prevent the destruction of her ancestral land by a mining company. Through this journey, the story explores themes of Indigenous cultural resilience, loss, and language reclamation