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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Long Bay
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'Set in Sydney in the first decade of the 1900s, Long Bay is based on the true case of a young female abortionist who was convicted of manslaughter and served out her sentence in the newly opened Long Bay Women’s Reformatory – the first of its kind in Australia. The woman, Rebecca Sinclair, was pregnant when she went to prison.

'Long Bay is a compelling fictional account of how Rebecca became involved in the burgeoning illegal abortion racket in Edwardian-era Sydney and how she was drawn into Donald Sinclair’s underworld. In unadorned prose, it examines the limiting effects of poverty, the mistakes we make for love, and the bond between mother and child.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Exhibitions

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Collingwood, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Sleepers Publishing , 2015 .
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      Extent: 313p.p.
      Note/s:
      • To be published August 2015.
      ISBN: 9780987507044
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Untapped , 2021 .
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      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781922730831
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Brio Books ; Untapped , 2022 .
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      Extent: 272p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 October 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761281051

Works about this Work

Reimagining the Life of a Convict Ashley Hay , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 August 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of Long Bay Eleanor Limprecht , 2015 single work novel
Eleanor Limprecht’s Long Bay Erich Mayer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2015;

— Review of Long Bay Eleanor Limprecht , 2015 single work novel

'We see, hear, smell and feel that bygone Sydney through the eyes of Rebecca, a character that comes vividly to life.'

Reimagining the Life of a Convict Ashley Hay , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 August 2015; (p. 20)

— Review of Long Bay Eleanor Limprecht , 2015 single work novel
Eleanor Limprecht’s Long Bay Erich Mayer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2015;

— Review of Long Bay Eleanor Limprecht , 2015 single work novel

'We see, hear, smell and feel that bygone Sydney through the eyes of Rebecca, a character that comes vividly to life.'

Last amended 15 May 2024 12:24:08
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  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1900-1910
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