Lizzie's Tale by Graham Wilson

Lizzie's Tale by Graham Wilson

Updated version of the second book in the 'Old Balmain House' Series
Raped and reduced to working in a brothel to keep her baby, unwed, teenage mother, Lizzie, forges a new life for herself and her child in the Kimberley region of AustraliaBut can she evade her persecutors and ultimately bring to them to justice?

This is a story of a girl from inner SydneyHer family is poor, her father dies when she is nine, life is hardBut her courage rises above adversityIt is story of her struggle to survive and make a life of her own, first as a prostitute, then with her child in a remote outback town

This is the second book in the series, Old Balmain House and begins in the same house as the first book and continues part of the story of Sophie, the girl who vanished half a century agoLizzie, aged eight, meets Sophie, the girl who lived in the same bedroom as a childSophie becomes her friend

When Lizzie turns fifteen Sophie tries to warn her not to go in a car with three older boys
Lizzie ignores her warning and is brutally raped by these three men

Lizzie becomes pregnant and is determined to keep her childShe leaves Sydney and goes to Melbourne, to have and keep her babyHere, penniless and desperate, she become a prostitute the only way she can support herselfShe is discovered and the authorities try to take her child

She flees to Broome, a small town in the furthest corner of of AustraliaHere she assumes the role of widow with a small child and settles into this friendly townHer life is good until a man from her former life finds her and threatens to expose her or harm her child

She runs againOn a remote desert road her car breaks downWithout water, with her six year old daughter beside her, they face death from thirstHelp comes in an unexpected wayShe takes refuge in a local aboriginal community

Her school friend from Balmain, now a journalist, seeks retribution from the the men who raped Lizzie many years ago and have continued their ways with othersNow, as successful business men, they seek to use the law to deny justice