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Biographer and anthropologist Kevin Keeffe reveals the influences that shaped Patrick Dodson - from his unorthodox birth and early life marked by tragedy and dislocation, through his stint as a priest in young adulthood to his eventual role as the 'Father of Reconciliation'.

Paddy's Road tells of Patrick's extraordinary family history and how he and his family have maintained relationships with non-Aboriginal Australians of goodwill and compassion - affirming what they have in common, rather than what set them apart.