A Lady in Irons (Unlikely Convict Ladies)

England and Parramatta from 1814Katy is expecting a child and in mourning after her husband dies in a shooting accident. Barely coping, she awaits the birth of their child. If it's a girl, she will have to move out and hand the family home over to her husband's brother. The day after giving birth, she is left on the roadside with a newborn child. She collapses and is found by her distant cousin, whom she thought had died in a fire ten years before. Perry, badly scarred from the fire, nurses her back to health. They marry and move in with her widowed friend, Mary.After some years, she walks in on her husband and friend in each other's arms. Now living in a love triangle, she flees. She steals something to get herself arrested and then convicted so she can be sent to a colony far away. She is grasping the only straw available, for by doing this so, her marriage can be annulled. What happens in the Colony is not what she expects. Governor Lachlan Macquarie comes to her rescue. Her involvement with the Benevolent Society in the Colony changes not only her life but the lives of many, providing a new place to house convict women. And what of Perry and her children?

Author: Sara Powter

Publisher: Thorpe Bowker

Publication Date: Oct 13, 2022

Number of Pages: 274 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0645110787

ISBN-13: 9780645110784