Due gemelli aborigeni, appena nati, vengono strappati dalla madre per essere dati in adozione alla cosiddetta società civile. Il maschio, abituato sin da piccolo al duro lavoro, cresce senza conoscere il significato della parola amore e senza alcuna coscienza delle sue radici. La bambina, a cui viene dato il nome di Beatrice, appena nata viene invece mandata in un orfanotrofio dove suore non proprio caritatevoli la tengono fino a sedici anni. Ributtata nel mondo esterno, fa i lavori più umili e sconfigge la solitudine immergendosi nella lettura. Pian piano proprio questa passione la porta a voler scoprire di più sulle sue origini, sulla propria terra, finché un giorno decide di andarsene, e si dirige dove il cuore le suggerisce: verso il nord.
1400 miglia nell'Outback australiano, a piedi nudi, cibandosi di quanto la natura offre, vermi compresi, sotto un sole implacabile. Ma, privata anche del più piccolo agio cui la civiltà ci ha abituati, condividendo la vita quotidiana degli aborigeni, imparando i loro segreti per sopravvivere, Marlo Morgan scopre un altro mondo e un altro modo di essere, in completa armonia con se stessa e con gli altri, e comprende il vero significato della parola esistere.
From the bestselling author of 'Mutant Message Down Under' comes a fabulous tale of aboriginal twins, separated at birth, and the search for their roots that takes them halfway across the world. Marlo Morgan weaves the entrancing story of babies Geoff and Beatrice, who are taken from their mother by Christian missionaries. Geoff is sent to a sheep ranch, where he grows up wild, and is then uprooted to the US by an American minister. Beatrice is brought up by nuns in an Australian orphanage where for 18 years she encounters continual racism. The story follows them as they grow into adults and eventually meet again, to discover the different paths their lives have taken. Eventually both twins are reunited with the ageless values and healing wisdom that is their Aboriginal heritage.
Following her modern classic and worldwide bestseller Mutant Message Down Under, Marlo Morgan's long-awaited new novel is a tale of self-enlightenment about aboriginal twins separated at birth and the search for roots that reunites them form opposite sides of the globe. Once more Morgan unveils the inspiring aboriginal worldview while pointedly exposing the plight of an ancient race rapidly becoming extinct as a result of more than two hundred years of systematic discrimination. Message from Forever follows the lives of Australian aboriginal twins who were taken form their young mother by Christian missionaries. The baby boy is sent to a huge sheep ranch, where he grows up with little adult supervision and random affection. On his own, Geoff develops his talent as an artist, producing work at a level well beyond his five years. The boy is adopted by an American minister and is raised in New England with little sense of who he is or of his cultural heritage. His sister is given only the first name Beatrice by the nuns at an Australian orphanage, where she encounters continual racism and experiences shattering looses for the first eighteen years of her life. Upon reaching adulthood, Beatrice leaves the orphanage to work at a boardinghouse. Beatrice hungers to know more about her ancestral roots. She walks away from her life in the city to strike out into the northern desert nation, where she goes on a walkabout with a small band of Aborigines. Geoff does not fare so well in America. As a teen, he runs away from home and slips into a life of crime, alcohol, and alienation. His addictions destroy him, and he finds himself on Death Row with little sense of how he got there. After decades of learning about people in the Outback, Beatrice leaves her nomadic life to become a "runner between both worlds." She returns to the Mutant world as a political activist fighting for aboriginal rights of citizens arrested and convicted of crimes in foreign countries, as well as a champion of the rights of adults who were taken from their native culture as children. Her life's work bring her into contact with her lost brother, though neither is aware of their relationship. Beatrice gives Geoff the "message from forever," which outlines aboriginal philosophy and principles of good living, along with an offer to return to Australia. As we read the message with Geoff, we are challenged to stretch our concepts of identity, spirituality, and openness transcends injustice and degradation, directing us to live our lives in accordance with ageless values and simple wisdom.
Domorodé dvojčatá Geoff a Beatrice sú po narodení odobraté svojej matke kresťanskými misionármi. Chlapec spočiatku vyrastá na veľkej ovčej farme. Neskôr si ho adoptuje americký pastor, ktorý ho odvezie do Spojených štátov, ale tam mu ľudia venujú iba málo pozornosti a ešte menej lásky. Dospievajúci Geoff prepadne alkoholu, dá sa na cestu zločinu a skončí vo väzení. Jeho sestra prežije detstvo v strohom a prísnom prostredí sirotinca. Keď dospieva, zatúži dozvedieť sa viac o svojom pôvode a o kultúre svojho ľudu...
Was eine seltene Ehre ist, kostet die amerikanische Ärztin Marlo Morgan zunächst viel Kraft und Überwindung: eine dreimonatige rituelle Wanderung durch den australischen Busch als Gast der Aborigines. Doch im Laufe der strapaziösen Tour erfährt sie eine ungeheure emotionale Bereicherung und spirituelle Wandlung.
Schon wenige Stunden nach ihrer Geburt wird die Aborigine Beatrice in die Obhut eines Waisenhauses gegeben. Als Erwachsene macht sie sich auf die Suche nach ihren Wurzeln. Eine Reise zwischen den Welten beginnt, die ihr Leben für immer verändern wird ...
