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A review by colleenoakes
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
5.0
While historical fiction is not normally my jam, a lack of a library while moving made me look towards donated books from my mother-in-law, who suggested this gem. I loved it!
The Exiles is the story of three women who are banished from their land - one Aboriginal child, and two female convicts - and sent to the new wild of Australia. The cruelty that we submitted humans to in that day and age for minor offenses is mind-blowing. This book does a great job of illuminating the hell that women prisoners lived through during that time - and the abuses of society that raised them to end up there.
Without giving away too much of the story, I have to mention the fantastic twist in the middle of the book that is SO unexpected and so well done.
The Exiles is the story of three women who are banished from their land - one Aboriginal child, and two female convicts - and sent to the new wild of Australia. The cruelty that we submitted humans to in that day and age for minor offenses is mind-blowing. This book does a great job of illuminating the hell that women prisoners lived through during that time - and the abuses of society that raised them to end up there.
Without giving away too much of the story, I have to mention the fantastic twist in the middle of the book that is SO unexpected and so well done.