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The gallows bird / Barbara Sumner.

The gallows bird / Barbara Sumner.
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 Adult Fiction   Panania . . On Loan . 9 Oct 2024
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ISBN 9780645818055 (paperback)
Name Sumner, Barbara author.
Title The gallows bird / Barbara Sumner.
Published Neutral Bay, NSW : Pantera Press, 2024.
©2024
Description 406 pages ; 24 cm
Summary London 1838: 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 silk 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 moments of wonder in even this darkest hour, and forms deep bonds of solidarity 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 the freedom and life she longs for so fiercely? Drawn from the rarely celebrated true stories of female convicts, The Gallows Bird vividly evokes a far-off time. This striking debut tells the story of enduring love and friendship, and the bold, wildly underestimated women who refused to let history dictate the boundaries of their lives.
Subjects Women prisoners -- Fiction
Convict ships -- Fiction
Australian fiction
London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Genre Historical fiction
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