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Looking For Alibrandi Religion Quotes

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‘Like religion, culture is nailed into you so hard you can never escape.’ This quote is from the book I have decided to read, Looking for Alibrandi, By Melina Marchetta. The first publication of this book was in 1992 and has the genre of drama. Melina Marchetta’s career took off, when this book was released and later a film adaptation written by her, was made in 2000. Looking for Alibrandi is about a 17 year old girl, Josephine Alibrandi. She enters her final year of schooling at St Martha’s, in Sydney, Australia, along with her 3 best friends, Sera, Lee and Anna. She must try to overcome racial comments, family issues and dealing with complicated relationships. Although Josie has lived without a father for her whole life, it had allowed her

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