A lyrical memoir from a first-time author that has won critical acclaim Australia-wide. Winner of the 2001 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction,The 2000 Age Book of the Year award for Non-fiction, The 2001 Nita Kibble awards Dobbie Prize for Best First Book. In the tradition of Dursilla Modjeska's Poppy, Mahood offers an intense and sensitive exploration of identity, familial ties and black/white relations in Australia. Craft For a Dry Lake is a memoir that will touch the hearts and souls of every Australian.In Craft For a Dry Lake Kim Mahood takes us on a lyrical journey to her heartland - travelling with her beloved cattle dog back into the Outback of her youth, seeking to lay to rest her father's ghost but finding herself faced with many of her own.