Ten Hail Marys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780702237706)

Frank and funny, this memoir vividly recounts the first 17 years of the author's life in Sydney's slums and in New South Wales' countryside. Abandoned by her mother as a baby and by her volatile grandmother as a young girl, Kate Howarth was shunted between Aboriginal relatives and expected to grow up fast. It was a childhood beset by hardship, abuse, profound grief, and poverty, but buoyed with the hope that one day she would make a better life for herself and her child. Incredibly moving, this is the compelling true story of a childhood lost and a young woman's hard-won self-possession.

Author: Kate Howarth
ISBN-10: 0702237701
ISBN-13: 9780702237706
Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.00d