This book presents the story of two women living very different, heroic lives in two very different Australias. Jess, circus-raised, is a stunt-rider who can outride any man. In the early days of film, she finds her calling, playing wild outlaw women who answer to no one. However, when her Chinese circus-owner husband is killed, she is left pregnant and vulernable and, after suffering the cruellest betrayal of all, she finds herself closer to the outlaw's life than she had ever imagined. Rose goes to Australia from England in the 1950s, in search of a new life. But neither the new country nor motherhood is what she had expected and, very quickly, she finds herself estranged from those she loves, incarcerated and terrified. Yet Rose is strong, and she will manage not only to save herself, but also to shed new light on Jess' story in a moving and deeply satisfying way. With these wonderfully heroic protagonists, making a world for themselves despite the toughness of their environment and the cruellest twists of fate, Kathryn Heyman, author of the acclaimed "The Accomplice", has created a beautifully-written and unusual novel of extraordinary lives.
- ISBN10 1743314183
- ISBN13 9781743314180
- Publish Date 1 December 2012 (first published 1 May 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 May 2022
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Allen & Unwin
- Imprint A & U House of Books
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 256
- Language English