You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There:Default Title Memoirs from the Corner Country

Memoirs from the Corner Country takes the reader on a journey through one of the harshest terrains in outback Australia

Filled with important cultural knowledge and personal stories

polyphonic voice for our times

Their camp faced south into the Great Sandy Desert where Jimmy was born

You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There You Call it Desert: We Used to Live There:Default Title Memoirs from the Corner CountryFor several years, English woman Pat Lowe shared a camp with her lifetime partner, Walmajarri man Jimmy Pike. Their camp faced south into the Great Sandy Desert where Jimmy was born. While spending time in the red heart of country that had been home to the Walmajarri people for thousands of years, they recorded Pikes stories through his painting and Lowes writing. With Jimmy Pike as her teacher, Pat Lowe explored the day to day lives of the desert