{"product_id":"never-just-a-wife-timothy-mckenzie-9781764616904","title":"Never Just a Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe didn't wait at home. She rode the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever Just a Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Bev - a woman who stepped beyond expectation and built a life where there was none laid out for her. Set against the vast and unforgiving Australian landscape, this is a journey across stock routes, stations, and small country towns, where survival depended not on titles, but on grit, instinct, and relentless determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her early years in a rural town to life alongside a drover, Bev's world was one of constant movement. She raised children in wagons and buses, cooked for shearers, travelled long distances before she was ever formally licensed, and kept a family together in a life that refused to stand still. Through drought, hardship, and the quiet, uncelebrated work of holding everything together, she carved out a life that few would have chosen - and fewer still could have endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through a lens of memory, experience, and reflection, this story draws on real people and places, reshaped into a narrative that captures the truth of a life lived on the margins of expectation. It is not a story of grand gestures, but of the everyday strength required to keep going, to adapt, and to endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart, \u003cem\u003eNever Just a Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is about the unseen work behind a way of life - the sacrifices made without recognition, the resilience forged through necessity, and the quiet decisions that shape a family across years of movement and uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause she was never just a wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was everything that made the life possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy McKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764616901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764616904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T. J. McKenzie Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Timothy McKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520336769279,"sku":"9781764616904","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3c80b69-95b3-487d-9179-cc05ccafbc9f.jpg?v=1778742153","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/never-just-a-wife-timothy-mckenzie-9781764616904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}