Swallow the Air cover art

Swallow the Air

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Swallow the Air

By: Tara June Winch
Narrated by: Tamala Shelton
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £10.33

Buy Now for £10.33

About this listen

When May’s mother dies suddenly, she and her brother Billy are taken in by Aunty. However, their loss leaves them both searching for their place in a world that doesn’t seem to want them. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets out to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.

Her journey leads her from the Australian east coast to the far north, but it is the people she meets, not the destinations, that teach her what it is to belong.

Swallow the Air is an unforgettable story of living in a torn world and finding the thread to help sew it back together.

Winner of the David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writers.

©2006 Tara June Winch (P)2019 Audible Australia Pty Ltd. Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction
All stars
Most relevant
a very beautiful story beautifully written and well narrated. A very enjoyabl, poignant story.

beautiful story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.