Ml stedman author biography sample

Book Summary

Set in 1940s Australia, The Paperbark Shoe is a remarkable novel about the far-reaching repercussions of war, the subtle violence of displacement, and what it means to live as a captive - in enemy country, and in one's own skin.

From 1941 to 1947, eighteen thousand Italian prisoners of war were sent to Australia.

The Italian surrender that followed the downfall of Mussolini had created a novel circumstance: prisoners who theoretically were no longer enemies.

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Her first name is Margot · Stedman used to work as a lawyer · The Light Between.

About The Author.

A native Australian, Stedman speaks to Goodreads from her current hometown, London, about her wish to stay "behind the curtain" and writing by the seat of her.

Many of these exiles were sent to work on isolated farms, unguarded.

The Paperbark Shoe is the unforgettable story of Gin Boyle - an albino, a classically trained pianist, and a woman with a painful past. Disavowed by her wealthy stepfather, her unlikely savior is the farmer Mr.

Toad - a little man with a taste for women's corsets. Together with their two children, they weather the hardship of rural life and the mocker