Australian author Honey Brown spent years living in small towns all around Australia, “following the work” with her husband. A “dreamer” from an early age – she thought about things, and wrote about things. But writing wasn’t her day job. …
Vital stats… Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $19.95 My rating What it’s about… January 1939. The world hovers on the brink of the Second World War. Germany crouches for the pounce. Death flexes his knuckles for the slog ahead. …
Sex trafficking survivor Somaly Mam grew up distrusting men and marriage. In her autobiography The road of lost innocence she says: “I hate marriage. It puts women in prison. On her wedding day the girl obeys her parents, and when the …
Somaly Mam’s autobiography The Road of Lost Innocence looks at the ugly truth about sex trafficking in Cambodia. The statistics surrounding this industry are a harsh wake up call, but it does no good to ignore them.
Vital stats… Author: Somaly Mam Publisher: Virago Press Format: Paperback RRP: AUD $24.99 My rating What it’s about… The Road of Lost Innocence is the remarkable autobiography of Cambodian sexual trafficking survivor Somaly Mam. Abandoned by her parents when she …
The Good Daughter is set in Australia, and given how important place is to Honey Brown’s character and story, we thought we’d share some facts from the great and glorious* land Down Under. So here they are: five fast facts you never …
