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The convict women who built a continent . . . ""A moving and fascinating story."" --Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost Historian Deborah J. Swiss tells the heartbreaking, horrifying, and ultimately triumphant story of the women exiled from the British Isles and forced into slavery and savagery--who created the most liberated society of their time. The Tin Ticket takes us to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of Agnes McMillan, whose defiance and resilience carried her to a far more dramatic rebellion; Agnes's best friend Janet Houston, who rescued her from the Glasgow wynds and was also transported to Van Diemen's Land; Ludlow Tedder, forced to choose just one of her four children to accompany her to the other side of the world; Bridget Mulligan, who gave birth to a line of powerful women stretching to the present day. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives. Ultimately, it is the story of women discarded by their homeland and forgotten by history--who, by sheer force of will, become the heart and soul of a new nation.

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Deborah J. Swiss received her EdD from Harvard University, and is the author of Women and the Work/Family Dilemma, Women Breaking Through, and The Male Mind at Work. She lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. Corinne Davies is a classically trained actress based in Los Angeles. Originally from Australia, Corinne has worked extensively in all areas of voice-over and on stage and screen. A highly skilled narrator, Corinne is building an impressive portfolio across many genres. Specializing in an array of accents and dialects, Corinne often narrates entire books in accents other than her own. She loves delving into a story and bringing the world and the characters to life. Her range spans the poetic, wordy, and lyrically complex to the dramatic and suspenseful to the romantic and warm to the lighthearted and comedic. Her recent credits include The War Widow by Tara Moss. She holds a BA in acting from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) located in Sydney, Australia.

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