![]() or can they? Drawn from experiences in Parramatta Girls' Home in the seventies, Girl 43 is a story that could have come straight from today's headlines about the shocking treatment of innocent children and teens by people in the very institutions that were supposed to protect them. But however hard they try, they can't destroy the connection between a mother and her child. Told she isn't capable of bringing up a child, they twist the truth to make her cooperate. When it's discovered that she's pregnant, there's no respite from the staff. Suddenly, she's no longer Ellen, she's Girl 43, and she has to follow the rules, work hard and - most importantly - stay quiet. Sophomore novel Twisted will be released by Rising Action Publishing Collective September 2023. Debut novel The Things We Lost will be released by Rising Action Publishing Collective April 2022. But when the police turn up, Ellen is deemed to be in 'moral danger' and is sentenced to the Gunyah Training School for Girls. Canadian Author with a flair for the dramatic. ![]() No one is going to stop her from going where she wants, doing what she wants, and hanging out with Robbie. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just weren't her thing and, at age fourteen, she's ready to leave school and find her own way. ![]() Year: 1985 Oliver Twist (1985) Credits: Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Michael Attwell. Ellen was never the daughter her mother wanted. One of Dickens best-known tales about an orphan boy who asked for more. ![]() The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: 'Gunyah is hell on earth'. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. A powerful and shocking novel inspired by the author's time at the infamous Parramatta Girls' Home. ![]()
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