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‘A triumphant family memoir’ Hallie Rubenhold’Powerfully told…an impressive work’ The Times’Gives a voice to the voiceless’ Australian Book ReviewIn this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginning with her great-great grandmother Sary Lacey, born in 1808, an impoverished stocking frame worker. Through detailed research, we follow Sary from slum to tenement and from pregnancy to pregnancy. We also meet George Conquest, a canal worker and the father of one of Sary’s children.
