{"product_id":"miles-franklin-undercover-the-little-known-years-when-she-created-her-own-brilliant-career-9781761470936","title":"Miles Franklin Undercover: The Little-Known Years When She Created Her Own Brilliant Career","description":"\u003cb\u003eAfter the success and celebrity of her coming of age novel \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, published when Miles Franklin was only 21, she disappeared. This is the story of the decade that made her second career as a fearless advocate for working women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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 realize myself.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin, was lauded as the Bronte of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut fame can be deceptive. In reality, the book earned her a pittance. The family farm was sold, her new novels were rejected, and she was broke. Just two years after her debut, Miles disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this real-life sequel to \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles' life, from the servant's quarters of Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses to volatile Chicago, in the turbulent years after her early success. Davies draws on a never-before published manuscript and diary extracts of Miles' year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Paterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiles Undercover\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story of a young woman's enduring resilience, and her determination to always be her own heroine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Captures a wonderful sense of Miles as a person. A fascinating page turner.' - \u003cb\u003eGillian Armstrong, director of the movie \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A captivating read - Miles comes alive' - \u003cb\u003eBrigitta Olubas, author of \u003ci\u003eShirley Hazzard: A Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKerrie Davies is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Wife's Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, that created national discussion about the iconic poet Henry Lawson and his marriage. She has appeared at the Sydney and Brisbane Writers Festivals, and the National Folk festival, Canberra. A former journalist for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, Kerrie is Senior Lecturer at the School of the Arts \u0026amp; Media, UNSW Sydney, a 2024 Visiting Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales, and writes for the \u003ci\u003eConversation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749259870482,"sku":"9781761470936","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae8069f4-675b-46e5-a7f0-885709d29441.jpg?v=1764073901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miles-franklin-undercover-the-little-known-years-when-she-created-her-own-brilliant-career-9781761470936","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}