Saturday, February 4th at 12:30pm
Join us for an author talk with Harwich author Deborah Swiss. She
will be at the library to discuss her book, The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of
Australia's Convict Women. Lovers
of history and readers who enjoy compelling, true stories about the resiliency
of the human spirit will not want to miss this talk.
During the nineteenth century, 25,000 girls and women, convicted
of mostly petty crimes, were transported to Australia from the United Kingdom and later became the founding mothers of modern
Australia. They arrived as
nothing more than property, but they managed not only to endure their privation
and pain but to thrive on their own terms, breaking the chains of bondage, and
forging a society that treated women as equals and led the world in women's
rights.
After the author talk, enjoy a
performance from singer/songwriter Digney Fignus who will perform "All for
Love," a song he wrote to honor Australia’s convict maids and survivors
everywhere.