The Suitcase Baby
The heartbreaking true story of a shocking crime in 1920s Sydney
$33.75
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2018
Summary
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 NED KELLY AWARD, DANGER PRIZE AND WAVERLEY LIBRARY NIB
True history that is both shocking and too real, this unforgettable tale moves at the pace of a great crime novel.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, 17 November 1923, a suitcase was found washed up on the shore of a small beach in the Sydney suburb of Mosman. What it contained - and why - would prove to be explosive.
The murdered baby in the suitcase was one of many d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733639227 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733639224 |
| Author: | Tanya Bretherton |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 158mm x 236mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Australian Crime Vault |
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Bretherton’s unflinching fact-finding is what makes this book throb.
Bretherton’s unflinching fact-finding is what makes this book throb. - Australian Women’s Weekly
Tanya Bretherton tells the moving story of an explosive and unforgettable mystery. - Woman’s DayAbout The Author
Tanya Bretherton
Tanya Bretherton has a PhD in sociology with special interests in narrative life history and social history. She has published in the academic and public sphere for twenty years, and worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney for fifteen years. Dr Bretherton’s specialty is converting detailed research into thought-provoking works which are accessible to a general readership. Currently she works as a freelance researcher and writer.
Her first book, The Suitcase Baby, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award, the Danger Prize and the Waverley Library ‘Nib’ Award. Her second book The Suicide Bride, was shortlisted for the Danger Prize and in 2020 she won the Danger Prize for The Killing Streets.
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