A book about child custody, patriarchy, and finding truth in the past
Buy in the UK and Europe Buy in Australia and elsewhere‘This is a wonderful work of history, a fascinating story, told in a brilliantly imaginative way, and an absolute joy to read.’
Professor Bain Attwood, Telling the Truth about Aboriginal History, Possession: Batman’s Treaty and the Matter of History
‘a feat of historical ventriloquism [and] A searching and often moving exploration of the territory between history and fiction.’
Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison, The Use and Abuse of Australian History, Lost Relations: Fortunes of my Family in Australia’s Golden Age