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Out of the Silence Wendy James
Out of the Silence
Wendy James
Winner of the Best First Australian Crime Novel, Ned Kelly Crime Awards 2006
I hold Jacky close, fix my eyes on the door and walk as fast as I can.
'Oh, please, don't run away. Think of your child, if you cannot think of yourself.'
'What we are suggesting is nothing, ' the man mutters darkly, as I pass through the door and into the brightly lit hall. 'Nothing. Far worse can happen.'
Far worse.
I have a baby, two shillings, no reputation and nowhere to go, but even so I cannot imagine what far worse might be.
Out of the Silence is a stunning debut novel about three women from very different worlds: Maggie Heffernan, a spirited working-class country girl; Elizabeth Hamilton, whose own disappointment in love has served only to strengthen her humanity; and the remarkable Vida Goldstein, the suffragist who was to become the first woman to stand for Parliament.
When Maggie's life descends into darkness after a terrible betrayal, the three women's lives collide. Around this tragedy Wendy James has constructed a masterfully drawn and gripping fiction. Based on a true story, it unfolds at the dawn of the twentieth century against the compelling backdrop of the women's suffrage movement and a world on the brink of enormous change.
The novel powerfully evokes the plight of women in the early 1900s - not least their limited options, whatever their class and education. However, at its heart this is a story of love - of love gone wrong; of its compromises and disappointments; but ultimately of its extraordinary transformative power.
"This is a work of intelligence and talent informed by a deeply humane sensitivity." --Sydney Morning Herald
| Medios de comunicación | Música CD (Disco compacto) |
| Número de discos | 1 |
| Publicado | 15 de agosto de 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780655658863 |
| Etiqueta | Bolinda Audio |
| Dimensiones | 135 × 170 × 8 mm · 100 g (Peso (estimado)) |
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