Louisa and Henry Lawson drove each other crazy

Front and back covers (click to enlarge) of my new novel, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push.

"She struggled to get women the vote. Her son was Australia's most famous writer. They drove each other crazy."

Some of the things covered in this Australian historical novel:

• Henry Lawson's love affair with Mary Gilmore.
• Louisa Lawson's struggle for women's rights.
• Henry and his brother-in-law, Jack Lang.
• Henry's long tramp through the Outback.
• In an earthquake in New Zealand.
• Henry and his wife in London. Wife in mental asylum.
• Who is Lizzie Humphrey?
• Henry Lawson meets Mark Twain.
• Henry's tragic love for Hannah Thornburn.
• Henry's criminally insane brother.
• Louisa's descent into pain, violence, insanity.
• Terrorism, revolution and anarchy.
• Foundations of the Australian Labor movement.
• John Norton and friends, outrageous parliamentarians.
• The struggle for Federation and a republic.
• New Australia, hundreds of Aussies in South American commune.
• Henry's decline into alcoholism and death.
  
  Much more.
  
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Crikey! 900 Australian terms defined in the glossary.

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