Author: Binge, Leonie.
Title: Nellie's Vow: A Remarkable True Story of Triumph over Tragedy.
Description: Sydney, Crows Nest Arbon Publishing, 2015. Paperback octavo (with flaps), very good condition, sepia (brown-tinted) photos (including inside covers), frontispiece, edges faintly scuffed, minor edgewear. 336 pp. This is an inspiring true story. The four Peisley girls spent their early childhood years in Nyngan, country New South Wales, until they were separated and had to live in pain and poverty. Nellie, the eldest, brings them all together in the end. The book is packed with historical detail including their early country life, childhood anecdotes to heart-rending descriptions of Depression-era Sydney (1930s). The sepia photos of the places and people in the story bring it to life. This memoir is a poignant tribute to one young woman's fortitude in the face of terrible misfortune. ISBN: 9780992351281

Keywords: australian biography, australian history, families, childhood, rural, new south wales (nsw), nyngan 9780992351281


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