The Ten-pound Ticket

Australia, 1962: Susie has just arrived on the boat from England. She is clutching a newborn baby, but she has no wedding ring on her left hand.

The land is dusty and hot, and the work is hard and tiring. All Susie wants is to go home. But with no money, and no hope, how can she turn her life around?

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164 printed pages

Copyright owner: Head of Zeus
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: Head of Zeus

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b1784340806has quoted10 years ago
That memory belonged to another girl, from another life
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pokrovskyhas quoted2 years ago
Every time Susie looked at her ten-pound ticket, she was reminded that she did not belong to a husband, or even to herself. She belonged to her new employer.
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