{"product_id":"sisters-of-freedom-1","title":"Sisters of Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Rich, transportive historical fiction with empowering, female characters ... meticulously researched, thought-provoking and utterly compelling.' - Bette r ReadingSydney, Christmas, 1901. Federation has been achieved but Australian women are yet to gain the right to vote in their new nation's elections and have a say in the laws that govern them. Bolshy, boisterous Frankie Merriweather is a fervent advocate for women's rights, determined to dedicate herself to the cause, never marrying or becoming a mother. She can't understand her artistic sister Ivy, who wants a life of ease and beauty with her soon-to-be fiance, law student Patrick Earle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, their married sister Aggie volunteers in an orphanage, decrying the inequality of Australia's social classes ... and longing to hold a baby in her arms. When an accident takes Ivy, wounded and ill, into the violent and lawless zone of the Hawkesbury River, a year of change begins. Ivy's burgeoning friendship with her saviour Riley Logan, a smuggler, and his sister, the poverty-stricken but valiant Fiona, will alter the lives of all three women forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA passionate tale of three sisters as they strive for freedom and independence and follow their hearts to unexpected places, from a master storyteller. For readers of Fiona McIntosh, Nicole Alexander and Natasha Lester.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary-Anne O'Connor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51540277756073,"sku":"9781867244493","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781867244493.jpg?v=1794528993","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/sisters-of-freedom-1","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}