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Mary K. Pershall

Gorgeous Girl

Mary K. Pershall

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English
Viking
20 August 2018
Sociology: family & relationships; Mental health services; Women's health; Personal & social issues: drugs & addiction (Children's&YA); Biography - Australian
Award-winning writer Mary K. Pershall details her heart-rending personal experience of raising a beloved child who couldn't cope with reality, and ends up in a maximum-security prison convicted of murder.

‘The only way to comprehend this tragic story of mine is to write it.’

On the 10th of February 2017, there was a sentencing hearing for murder in the Victorian Supreme Court. The young woman in the dock, who sat quietly with her hands in her lap, had perfect skin and light-brown hair tied back as neatly as a private school prefect’s. When the judge asked her to confirm her plea, the young woman answered in a clear and polite voice. ‘Guilty, your Honour.’

That killer is Mary K. Pershall’s beloved daughter Anna. She is twenty-eight years old, tall and beautiful, with an effervescent wit and a university degree in psychology. She also hears the voices of demons. After Anna finished uni, she just could not meet the demands of adulthood, and the voices became overwhelming. She attempted to silence them with alcohol and weed, with the abuse of her prescribed medication, and with ice. But the evil howling would not stop.

Award-winning author Mary K. Pershall brings a unique and insightful perspective to a story that is at once devastating and uplifting, and proves that a mother’s love – even in its darkest hour – can shed light and provide hope to families in crisis.
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Imprint:   Viking
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   496g
ISBN:   9780143789925
ISBN 10:   0143789929
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mary K. Pershall has written novels for children and young adults, including a trilogy co-authored with her daughter Anna- Two Weeks in Grade Six, A Term in Year Seven and Escape from Year Eight. As well as the Ruby Clair trilogy and the award-winning You Take the High Road, Mary has titles published in the Aussie Bites series. For many years she worked as an editor and writer forthe student magazines published by the Education Department, and later as a relieving assistant principal in ten different schools. More recently, through the Royal Children's Hospital, she tutored students with chronic llnesses or brain injuries. Mary is an active member of the international online community The Addict's Mom. She lives in Melbourne. Mary visits Anna twice a week at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Melbourne's maximum-security prison for women, where she has come to know many families of women in crisis.

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