For a Girl

A true story of secrets, motherhood and hope

Mary-Rose MacColl

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English

Allen & Unwin
26 April 2017

Autobiography: general; Memoirs; Biography - Australian

I am by nature a private person. Secrets are different from privacy. They are things you are forced to keep to yourself, by family, friends, by your own shame. Secrets like these come to the surface one day and demand an airing.

Emerging from an unconventional, boisterously happy childhood, Mary-Rose MacColl was a rebellious teenager. And when, at the age of fifteen, her high-school teacher and her husband started inviting Mary-Rose to spend time with them, her parents were pleased that she now had the guidance she needed to take her safely into young adulthood.

It wasn't too long, though, before the teacher and her husband changed the nature of the relationship with overwhelming consequences for Mary-Rose. Consequences that kept her silent and ashamed through much of her adult life. Many years later, safe within a loving relationship, all of the long-hidden secrets and betrayals crashed down upon her and she came close to losing everything.

In this poignant and brave true story, Mary-Rose brings these secrets to the surface and, in doing so, is finally able to watch them float away.

By: Mary-Rose MacColl
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781760295233
ISBN 10: 176029523X
Publication Date: 26 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for For a Girl: A true story of secrets, motherhood and hope

Sometimes in this job I have the great privilege of reading books before they show their public face. It's a difficult time for a writer before a book comes out -- but can I just say that Mary-Rose MacColl's forthcoming memoir FOR A GIRL is one of the most remarkable pieces of writing I have read in a long, long time? Lots of stuff gets over-praised these days I reckon, and readers tire of superlatives, but in this case, I'm bringing out every superlative I've got.' - Susan Johnson, Australian author of The Broken Book * Susan Johnson *

Short-listed for Best Non-fiction - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia)
Short-listed for Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia)
Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - Non-Fiction 2018 (Australia)
Short-listed for Work of State Significance - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2017 (Australia)