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4094612Girl 43https://www.gandhi.com.mx/girl-43-9780733633225/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2575474/3ba3914c-80d4-4ec5-8b22-50bc00ae94ff.jpg?v=638384161852130000365445MXNHachette AustraliaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A powerful and shocking novel inspired by the authors time at the infamous Parramatta Girls Home.</strong></p><p>The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: Gunyah is hell on earth. And Ellens about to find out why.</p><p>Ellen was never the daughter her mother wanted. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just werent her thing and, at age fourteen, shes ready to leave school and find her own way. No one is going to stop her from going where she wants, doing what she wants, and hanging out with Robbie. Or so she thinks.</p><p>But when the police turn up, Ellen is deemed to be in moral danger and is sentenced to the Gunyah Training School for Girls. Suddenly, shes no longer Ellen, shes Girl 43, and she has to follow the rules, work hard and - most importantly - stay quiet.</p><p>When its discovered that shes pregnant, theres no respite from the staff. Told she isnt capable of bringing up a child, they twist the truth to make her cooperate. But however hard they try, they cant destroy the connection between a mother and her child . . . or can they?</p><p>Drawn from experiences in Parramatta Girls Home in the seventies, <em><strong>Girl 43</strong></em> is a story that could have come straight from todays headlines about the shocking treatment of innocent children and teens by people in the very institutions that were supposed to protect them.</p><p>"<em>Girl 43</em> is well written and will make you angry. It deals with a difficult aspect of our history but one that needs to be examined" - Debbie Phillips, <em>Toowoomba Chronicle</em></p><p>"Giles tackles some tough topics, not the least of which is forced adoption, but does so in a way that is sensitive to and respectful of the girls who passed through the doors" - <em>Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin</em></p><p>"Powerful" - <em>Cleo Magazine</em></p>...4031089Girl 43365445https://www.gandhi.com.mx/girl-43-9780733633225/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2575474/3ba3914c-80d4-4ec5-8b22-50bc00ae94ff.jpg?v=638384161852130000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780733633225_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_<p><strong>A powerful and shocking novel inspired by the authors time at the infamous Parramatta Girls Home.</strong></p><p>The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: Gunyah is hell on earth. And Ellens about to find out why.</p><p>Ellen was never the daughter her mother wanted. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just werent her thing and, at age fourteen, shes ready to leave school and find her own way. No one is going to stop her from going where she wants, doing what she wants, and hanging out with Robbie. Or so she thinks.</p><p>But when the police turn up, Ellen is deemed to be in moral danger and is sentenced to the Gunyah Training School for Girls. Suddenly, shes no longer Ellen, shes Girl 43, and she has to follow the rules, work hard and - most importantly - stay quiet.</p><p>When its discovered that shes pregnant, theres no respite from the staff. Told she isnt capable of bringing up a child, they twist the truth to make her cooperate. But however hard they try, they cant destroy the connection between a mother and her child . . . or can they?</p><p>Drawn from experiences in Parramatta Girls Home in the seventies, <em><strong>Girl 43</strong></em> is a story that could have come straight from todays headlines about the shocking treatment of innocent children and teens by people in the very institutions that were supposed to protect them.</p><p><em>Girl 43</em> is well written and will make you angry. It deals with a difficult aspect of our history but one that needs to be examined - Debbie Phillips, <em>Toowoomba Chronicle</em></p><p>Giles tackles some tough topics, not the least of which is forced adoption, but does so in a way that is sensitive to and respectful of the girls who passed through the doors - <em>Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin</em></p><p>Powerful - <em>Cleo Magazine</em></p>(*_*)9780733633225_<p><strong>A powerful and shocking novel inspired by the authors time at the infamous Parramatta Girls Home.</strong></p><p>The graffiti on the holding room wall says it all: Gunyah is hell on earth. And Ellens about to find out why.</p><p>Ellen was never the daughter her mother wanted. Patent leather shoes and frilly dresses just werent her thing and, at age fourteen, shes ready to leave school and find her own way. No one is going to stop her from going where she wants, doing what she wants, and hanging out with Robbie. Or so she thinks.</p><p>But when the police turn up, Ellen is deemed to be in moral danger and is sentenced to the Gunyah Training School for Girls. Suddenly, shes no longer Ellen, shes Girl 43, and she has to follow the rules, work hard and - most importantly - stay quiet.</p><p>When its discovered that shes pregnant, theres no respite from the staff. Told she isnt capable of bringing up a child, they twist the truth to make her cooperate. But however hard they try, they cant destroy the connection between a mother and her child . . . or can they?</p><p>Drawn from experiences in Parramatta Girls Home in the seventies, <em><strong>Girl 43</strong></em> is a story that could have come straight from todays headlines about the shocking treatment of innocent children and teens by people in the very institutions that were supposed to protect them.</p><p>"<em>Girl 43</em> is well written and will make you angry. It deals with a difficult aspect of our history but one that needs to be examined" - Debbie Phillips, <em>Toowoomba Chronicle</em></p><p>"Giles tackles some tough topics, not the least of which is forced adoption, but does so in a way that is sensitive to and respectful of the girls who passed through the doors" - <em>Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin</em></p><p>"Powerful" - <em>Cleo Magazine</em></p>...9780733633225_Hachette Australialibro_electonico_c83452bf-8435-30a7-a62d-58eb45bdd92d_9780733633225;9780733633225_9780733633225Maree GilesInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-bf9a3f3c-300c-45f6-b2b0-e34473d56590.epub2014-06-24T00:00:00+00:00Hachette Australia