The Publican's Daughter - Warrell, Lindy
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It is 1962 and, at 19, Katherine Forster wants to find a husband. She decides to join her publican parents when they buy the only hotel in an outback railway town where rumour has it, men outnumber women, ten to one. But nothing is as she hopes. Katherine fears for her sanity as she is drawn into a vortex of family dysfunction, hard men, garrulous older women, frontier violence and rape. Aboriginal friends provide succour but, when tragedy strikes, she must choose a way forward. The Publican's Daughter is a poignant tale of a young girl's brutal awakening through dashed expectations, betrayal,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
It is 1962 and, at 19, Katherine Forster wants to find a husband. She decides to join her publican parents when they buy the only hotel in an outback railway town where rumour has it, men outnumber women, ten to one. But nothing is as she hopes. Katherine fears for her sanity as she is drawn into a vortex of family dysfunction, hard men, garrulous older women, frontier violence and rape. Aboriginal friends provide succour but, when tragedy strikes, she must choose a way forward. The Publican's Daughter is a poignant tale of a young girl's brutal awakening through dashed expectations, betrayal, and loss at a time when sexism and racism flourished. With compassion and clarity, this debut novel offers a unique insight into the Australian outback, seen through the eyes of a naïve city girl.
Autorenporträt
Lindy Warrell is a novelist, blogger, and poet with a PhD in anthropology from The University of Adelaide. Her debut novel, The Publican's Daughter, was published in 2022. She has edited two poetry collections in collaboration, and her poems appear in three chapbooks, online and in literary journals. A publican's daughter and mother of three, Lindy lived in Post-War Japan as a child, travelled in South Asia, did postgraduate field research in Sri Lanka, and has worked as an anthropologist across outback Australia. A Curious Mix in Free Verse is her first poetry collection. Stay in touch with Lindy athttps://www.wattletales.com.au.