Plains of Promise Detailed Summary
Plains of Promise - Alexis Wright Part I Timekeeper’s Shadow Ivy Koopundi Andrews - 7 year old Errol Jipp Beverly Jipp Dot - Jipp’s daughter Maudie Pugnose Elliot - Pugnose’s son and the Traveller Gabriel & Mervin - left handed identical twins Dorrie - Pugnose’s sister Jimbo Delainy - Dorrie’s son Gloria Ruby - Gloria’s mother Pilot, the old chinaman May Sugar - Pilot’s wife Ivy arrives with her mother as a young girl of 7 years old at St Dominic’s Mission for aborigines. The inmates observe a crow sitting on the tree facing the mission camp and suspect a death. Ivy’s mother keeps crying for the missionaries to give back Ivy. They chase her away and so one day, she sets herself on fire with the kerosene that she takes from Maudie’s hut. Following Ivy’s mother’s suicide, several suicides and deaths follow. Everyone starts taunting Ivy, believing that she is responsible for the curse on the otherwise peaceful life of the people. Old Jipp is the protector...