Book Launch - Sisters of Freedom
Event description
This book launch celebrates early Australia heritage - an event not to miss!
Background to this wonderful book
Set in the 1900’s, Sisters of Freedom, is a passionate tale of three sisters striving for freedom and independence. Growing up in the historical local residence of Kuranda, their actions change the face of women’s rights.
1901 is a time where Federation has been achieved, but Australian women are yet to gain the right to vote in their new nation’s elections and have a say in the laws that govern them.
Bolshy, boisterous Frankie Merriweather is a fervent advocate for women’s rights, determined to dedicate herself to the cause, never marrying or becoming a mother. She can’t understand her artistic sister Ivy, who wants a life of ease and beauty with her soon-to-be fiance, law student Patrick Earle.
Meanwhile, their married sister Aggie volunteers in an orphanage, decrying the inequality of Australia’s social classes … and longing to hold a baby in her arms.
When an accident takes Ivy, wounded and ill, into the violent and lawless zone of the Hawkesbury River, a year of change begins. Ivy’s burgeoning friendship with her saviour Riley Logan, a smuggler, and his sister, the poverty-stricken but valiant Fiona, will alter the lives of all three women forever.
Watch the video at the link below to hear about the book in a message from the author herself: Sisters of Freedom Introduction
Mary-Anne O’Connor is a bestselling Australian Author who grew up in the Bushland Shires of Hornsby and Ku-Ring-Gai. Buy a book for $30.00 at the Launch and have Mary-Anne sign it. All funds from the purchase of a book on the day will go to The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women's Shelter.
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