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The suitcase baby / Tanya Bretherton.

By: Publisher: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 327 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780733639227
  • 0733639224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 364.1523 23
Contents:
1 Harbouring secrets -- 2 Cornering a suspect -- 3 Walkover -- 4 Gone to ground -- 5 Ablach -- 6 Plotting a Boyd curve -- 7 Suitor -- 8 In sight of the sea -- 9 Water babies -- 10 Flappers and floppers -- 11 Hard and fast -- 12 Inquest no. 482 -- 13 Bouncing baby -- 14 In December 1923 -- 15 The trial -- 16 The verdict -- 17 Suitcase -- 18 Doing time -- 19 Strangers in a strange land -- 20 Baggage -- 21 Sunken garden -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes.
Awards:
  • 2018 Ned Kelly Awards Long List.
Summary: In Sydney in the 1920s, babies were turning up in the harbour, on trains, and in public places. These babies, all murdered, mostly by their mothers, were a devastating symptom of changing morals and a growing metropolis. One of these babies turned up on a harbour beach - and from there, an extraordinary story unfolded.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 364.1523 BRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68095

"A desperate mother. A shocking crime." -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

1 Harbouring secrets -- 2 Cornering a suspect -- 3 Walkover -- 4 Gone to ground -- 5 Ablach -- 6 Plotting a Boyd curve -- 7 Suitor -- 8 In sight of the sea -- 9 Water babies -- 10 Flappers and floppers -- 11 Hard and fast -- 12 Inquest no. 482 -- 13 Bouncing baby -- 14 In December 1923 -- 15 The trial -- 16 The verdict -- 17 Suitcase -- 18 Doing time -- 19 Strangers in a strange land -- 20 Baggage -- 21 Sunken garden -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes.

In Sydney in the 1920s, babies were turning up in the harbour, on trains, and in public places. These babies, all murdered, mostly by their mothers, were a devastating symptom of changing morals and a growing metropolis. One of these babies turned up on a harbour beach - and from there, an extraordinary story unfolded.

2018 Ned Kelly Awards Long List.

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