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100			_aSumner, Barbara _c(Film company manager), _eauthor. _947771
245	1	4	_aThe gallows bird / _cBarbara Sumner.
260			_aNorth Sydney, NSW : _bPantera Press, _c2024.
300			_a406 pages ; _c24 cm.
520			_aLondon 1838: The cast-out child of an aristocratic mother, Hannah 'Birdie' Bird is a laundry maid with a hidden past and a suspicion that the wealthy family she serves is hers. Longing for beauty and liberation, Birdie risks everything to change her circumstances. She falls into love and crime, committing an audacious silk heist. When she is betrayed, she finds herself swept into a wave of female convicts, transported to the ends of her known world. The journey to the early Australian settlement drives the women to deepest despair. Birdie finds moments of wonder in even this darkest hour, and forms deep bonds of solidarity with her fellow prisoners. But greater than even the trials onboard is the fear of what awaits them in Sydney Cove. What chance does Birdie have of beating the odds? Can she fight her way to the freedom and life she longs for so fiercely?
650		0	_aWomen convicts _zAustralia _vFiction. _911095
650		0	_aConvict ships _vFiction. _955061
651		0	_aSydney (N.S.W.) _xHistory _y1788-1851 _vFiction. _955062
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xHistory _yVictoria, 1837-1901 _vFiction. _916343
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _943610
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