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Praise for Carrots and Jaffas

‘A tale of abduction and heartbreak at its most immediate level of involvement, Carrots and Jaffas is also an engaging study of individual identity and its sources. Boldly plotted, diligently crafted, Howard Goldenberg’s story of identical twins, violently parted at the age of ten, reveals the hunger that dwells in all of us to stand distinct in the gaze of God. The book goes further still, for when the maelstrom of the abduction has passed, we are left to ponder the mystery of belonging, and the role of love as the great agent of our survival.’

Robert Hillman

‘With his customary gusto, Howard Goldenberg continues his investigation into what it means to be born into the unique and ancient landscape of Australia when your spiritual tradition – in his case, Orthodox Judaism – comes from somewhere else.’

Martin Flanagan

‘Goldenberg’s story is operatic in tone and scope. A kidnapped twin boy is but one victim as vexed issues confronting reconciliation with indigenous Australia unfold. The heart of this high octane tale, for all its puckish humour, is impelled by great moral seriousness: one cognisant that the entitlement to the fuzzy choral warmth of “calling Australia home” demands sacrifice.’

Rod Moss

‘There was so much I liked about Carrots and Jaffas, so much that made me think afresh. A gesture of healing of that great and terrible national wound of the stolen generation from an entirely fresh perspective, Goldenberg’s novel brims with insight and wisdom.’

Simon Cleary

‘Howard Goldenberg’s Carrots and Jaffas is a story of mothers cheated of their young. It is a sensitively crafted tale of twin boys wrenched apart and the mothers who care for them. This tale of cultures meeting and merging brings to life the northern Flinders Ranges – its characters, its landscape and its traditions.’

Kristin Weidenbach