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The Gallows Bird
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The Gallows Bird is a story of enduring love and friendship, and bold wild women who refuse the dictates of their times. London 1833: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that...
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Description
The Gallows Bird is a story of enduring love and friendship, and bold wild women who refuse the dictates of their times.
London 1833: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that the wealthy family she serves is hers.
Longing for beauty and liberation, Birdie risks everything to change her circumstances. She falls into love and crime, committing an audacious heist. When she is betrayed, she finds herself swept into a wave of female convicts, transported to the ends of her known world.
The journey to the early Australian settlement drives the women to deepest despair. Birdie finds wonder in even this darkest hour and forms deep bonds with her fellow prisoners. But greater than even the trials onboard is the fear of what awaits them in Sydney Cove.
What chance does Birdie have of beating the odds? Can she fight her way to freedom?
Drawn from the rarely celebrated true stories of female convicts, this striking debut vividly evokes a far-off time.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780645818055
Publisher: Pantera Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 April 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Pantera Press
Illustration: Text only
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Barbara Sumner is an author and filmmaker. Her back catalogue of achievements includes producing three highly acclaimed feature documentaries, a career in journalism, event production, television, bringing up four daughters and being accepted into a Masters program at the tender age of 60.
Barbara lives with her husband Thomas Burstyn in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, with a curmudgeonly ginger cat. She spends her time reading, writing, walking, and corrupting her grandchildren with wild ideas about life, love, and imagination. The Gallows Bird is her debut novel.
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