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Long Bay

In 1909 Rebecca Sinclair was sent to Long Bay Women's Reformatory after she was convicted of manslaughter. A mother-of-three had died at her house after a botched abortion. Rebecca was sentenced to three years hard labour, but less than six months into her prison term she gave birth to a child, a girl, who she kept with her in prison.

"LONG BAY is that rare thing: a historical novel untainted by sentimentality, with a story not only fascinating in the context of its time, but made relevant to the modern world." — Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES

"Rebecca Sinclair is a character who will live on in my memory long after turning the final page on her story — which seems only just, as Limprecht has rescued an otherwise forgotten woman from archival obscurity. LONG BAY wears its history lightly but packs an emotional wallop, straight to the guts of our humanity. Deftly researched, deeply satisfying." — Clare Wright, author of THE FORGOTTEN REBELS OF EUREKA

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 313
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780987507044
  • Genres
  • fiction, historical, australia, crime, novels
  • Release date
  • 2015