Good as Gold

That night the night I first met Jim lightning blazed and thunder cracked and rolled overhead ... Dad burst in through the front door a flashlight in one hand an Aboriginal boy clasped to his hip with the other. This is Jimmy he said. Hes going to be living here with us now. I was watching the boy and saw tears mingle with the rain on his cheeks.Its the mid 1950s and racism is rife. Roberts father Jack Pickering is confident hes doing whats best for Jim a young Indigenous boy. Recognising the childs athletic ability Jack encourages him to train hard to go for gold. But despite Jims outstanding success something is wrong. Jacks paternalism and the injustices Jim faces every day weigh heavily against the advantages forced upon this Aboriginal child. When Jack finally dies his white son Robert discovers something terrible about Jim that will ultimately explain everything.A unique and powerful story of the stolen generation reconciliation the power of country and ultimately of hope.