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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
by Leah Purcell
I read this last night in a cosy bed as the rain was lashing at the window and the Southerly wind was being whipped down from the top of the Snowy Mountains.
Set in the High Country in the late 1890s, a pregnant Molly Johnson lives alone with her 4 children while her abusive husband is out droving for months at a time.
She's self-sufficient but it's a challenging life, living so remotely, and there seems to be a number of visitors, not many of them friendly that keep turning up.
It's a wild story and provides a fascinating backstory and great detail to Henry Lawson's original short story and Leah Purcell's award winning play that was first performed in 2016.
Highly recommended.
Set in the High Country in the late 1890s, a pregnant Molly Johnson lives alone with her 4 children while her abusive husband is out droving for months at a time.
She's self-sufficient but it's a challenging life, living so remotely, and there seems to be a number of visitors, not many of them friendly that keep turning up.
It's a wild story and provides a fascinating backstory and great detail to Henry Lawson's original short story and Leah Purcell's award winning play that was first performed in 2016.
Highly recommended.