Kerrie Davies

'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could be happy in love I should at least need to realise myself.' She dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel My Brilliant Career, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional...

Henry Lawson is a revered cultural icon, but despite his literary success, he descended into poverty and an early death. While many blamed his wife for his decline, Bertha Lawson alleged in April 1903 that Henry was habitually drunk and cruel, leading her to demand a judicial separation. In A Wife's Heart, Kerrie Davies provides a rare account of this...