The Hidden Risks: A story of a concealment and loss of a family name - Softcover

Fawdry, Merlene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150246201X ISBN 13: 9781502462015

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A history of the Stagg family of Meander in Tasmania, that follows the lives of several transported convicts and their descendants. When Florence Risk dies in 1917, her children are separated and all traces of her life buried with her in an unmarked grave under a misspelt name. One child, Kenneth, is raised by a maternal great-aunt. She gives him a new identity to shield him from the social stigma of being an illegitimate, mixed race child, effectively expunging his Middle Eastern ancestry. His two older brothers are placed in state care and denied return to their father's home. In this book, the layers of the past are uncovered to re-unite the Risk family and to integrate past and present.

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About the Author

Merlene Fawdry lives in rural Victoria, Australia with her husband, artist Michael Pugh. She enjoys the diversity of writing poetry, nonfiction and fiction and provides an editing, manuscript preparation and mentoring service for other writers. She has a strong interest in social justice and is committed to giving a voice to the oppressed through her writing. Read more about Merlene and her work at @MerleneFawdry.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 150246201X
• ISBN 13: 9781502462015
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Pugh Michael
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 196