Bridget Crack

Rachel Leary

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Allen & Unwin
26 July 2017

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Australian Fiction

Van Diemen's Land, 1826. A desperate convict flees into the wilderness. But the land that hides her will show her no mercy. A brilliant literary debut from a writer of rare talent.

When Bridget Crack arrives in the colony, she is just grateful to be on dry land. But finding the life of an indentured domestic servant intolerable, she pushes back and is punished for her insubordination-sent from one place to another, each significantly worse than the last. Too late, she realises the place she has ended up is the worst of all: the 'Interior,' where the hard cases are sent-a brutally hard life with a cruel master, miles from civilisation.

She runs from there and finds herself imprisoned by the impenetrable Tasmanian wilderness. What she finds there-what finds her-is Matt Sheedy, a man on the run, who saves her from certain death. Her precarious existence among volatile and murderous bushrangers is a different kind of hell and, surrounded by roaring rivers and towering columns of rock, hunted by soldiers and at the mercy of killers, Bridget finds herself in an impossible situation. In the face of terrible darkness, what will she have to do to survive?

A gripping and moving story of a woman's struggle for survival in a beautiful and brutal landscape, Bridget Crack is a unique and deeply accomplished novel by a rare talent.

By: Rachel Leary
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
Weight: 392g
ISBN: 9781760295479
ISBN 10: 1760295477
Publication Date: 26 July 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Bridget Crack

'Bridget Crack is a new Tasmanian legend. This is a brilliant, haunting evocation of women and history.' Heather Rose, author of The Museum of Modern Love, winner of the 2017 Stella Prize

Commended for Mud Literary Prize 2018 (Australia)
Commended for The Goodest Prize 2018 (Australia)
Long-listed for Best Adult Crime Novel - The Davitt Awards 2018 (Australia)
Long-listed for Tasmanian Book Prize - Tasmanina Premier's Literary Prizes 2019 (Australia)
Winner of People's Choice 2019 (Australia)
Winner of Tasmanian Book Prize - Tasmanina Premier's Literary Prizes 2019 (Australia)

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