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The Drover's Wife
- The Legend of Molly Johnson
- Narrated by: Leah Purcell
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Deep in the heart of Australia's high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson and her four surviving children, another on the way. Husband Joe is away months at a time droving livestock up north, leaving his family in the bush to fend for itself. Molly's children are her world, and life is hard and precarious with only their dog, Alligator, and a shotgun for protection - but it can be harder when Joe's around.
At just 12 years of age, Molly's eldest son, Danny, is the true man of the house, determined to see his mother and siblings safe - from raging floodwaters, hunger and intruders, man and reptile. Danny is mature beyond his years, but there are some things no child should see. He knows more than most just what it takes to be a drover's wife.
One night, under the moon's watch, Molly has a visitor of a different kind - a Black 'story keeper', Yadaka. He's on the run from authorities in the nearby town, and exchanges kindness for shelter. Both know that justice in this nation caught between two worlds can be as brutal as its landscape. But in their short time together, Yadaka shows Molly a secret truth, and the strength to imagine a different path.
Full of fury and power, Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a brave reimagining of the Henry Lawson short story that has become an Australian classic. Brilliantly plotted, it is a compelling thriller of our pioneering past that confronts head-on issues of today: race, gender, violence and inheritance.
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- Lucy Bloom
- 31-07-2022
Too miserable for words
If you want a story that never fails to deliver on rape, violence and all manner of abuse, this is the book for you. I found it utterly miserable from start to finish.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-11-2021
Wow! Powerful & Moving
The Drover’s Wife is storytelling at it’s best!
I was struck by how skilfully this story was written and how masterfully it was told!!
It had captured me from the very first line (I love Snow Gums too) and held my interest to the very end.
Leah’s reading was heartfelt and authentic - it was clear which of the many characters was talking and how they were feeling by her different voices -
Basically, she nailed it!
I was mesmerised by her beautiful vivid descriptions of the scenery putting me right there and the emotions this authentically Australian story evoked, were powerful ones!!!
Outstanding all round Leah - and the beauty is I could feel the strength, the pride and the compassion of the story teller :)
Thank you for telling this story
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- Anonymous User
- 08-11-2021
The best Australian story in years
Heart-warming, tragic and truly Australian. The best Australian story in years. Perfectly narrated. Can't wait for the next one!
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- Kathie Tighe
- 01-07-2022
Depicts the hard times even 100 years after settlement
Yet another example of a sad part of our history. Very well written and the performance of Leah couldn’t have been better portraying the different voices. Clever lady all round. I can’t say I enjoyed the story with the amount of violence committed by human beings but as I said, unfortunately that is part of history, and it’s gone on all over the world and still is of course, in Ukraine, at the moment.
Such hard times for women makes me appreciate even more, my life today in Australia where due to women like Louisa, things gradually changed for the better.
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- M. Garvey
- 14-01-2022
great Australian story
a wonderful fictional insight into the tough life of the white pioneers and the heartbreaking treatment of the traditional owners of our land. loved the use of traditional language and respect given to the hardship experiences of the Indigenous people and women of the times.
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- Robin McKean
- 06-11-2021
Deadly History
Well performed. Well written. An unveiling of cultural truths in the telling. I look forward to seeing it on the big screen.
On many occasions I caught myself in awe of the author's ability to create vivid word pictures describing characters and Country. I also respect and applaud the natural blending of language.
The narration / narrator is truly gifted in both word and song.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-10-2021
Wonderful yarn
I loved hearing the different perspectives of this story.
The story was very well delivered by the author.
Great to hear First Nation language delivered well. The yarn helps the listener to understand culture and connection with country.
I do hope Leah writes another great yarn.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-10-2021
My most favourite book so far.
A truly inspiring story, I didn’t want it to end. Perfectly narrated and highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-10-2021
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loved it cant wait for her next novel.
loved the blending of cultures.
the raw honesty and power of a mothers love
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- Anonymous User
- 28-09-2021
Wonderful
So well written. Loved it and didn’t want it to end. The narration perfect. The description of landscape breathtaking. Recommend this book.
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- Shawn MacGregor
- 25-10-2022
Mesmerizing, authentic and perfectly heart-felt!
Even though it's beauty was stark and the love mostly punishing, this tale is engaging, deep and thought-provoking. It's easy to see the real history that inspired the story, and it causes us to examine our views on women's roles, race and love. The author was a very fine voice actor as well... I hope I can find the film to watch, and I hope the author treats us to another novel as fine as The Drover's Wife.
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- LaRea
- 09-11-2022
Excellent book
I have over 1000 books in my audible library and this is now one of my top 5. What a great story. I love the characters and the narration was excellent.
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- Lacie A.
- 31-08-2022
Great book
Not something I’d normal read but a friend suggested it! It was a great book! Adventure, stories, history, trials and tribulations!
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- Amber
- 14-09-2021
possibly the best book I've read.
Leah Purcell has the amazing ability to tell a story in a way that allows the reader to completely be in the shoes of the characters. I finished this book in a day and a half, it was hard to stop reading I hope she writes more
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-08-2021
wow
I loved it. evoked strong emotion and at one point tears were just streaming down my cheeks.
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- Cathryn Harjung
- 29-09-2023
Spectacular, sweeping saga
I didn't know what to expect when I began listening, but was very quickly drawn into Leah Purcell's engaging narration. She has written a spectacular story, and I shall recommend it to everyone. This is a book I'll remember.
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- Leslie Vornholt
- 06-07-2023
Enthralling story
Enthralling story!
I love historical fiction, especially the stories not told in history classes or books
Sad truths that need to be heard so we can learn compassion and do better
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- Drone Boy
- 01-07-2023
Riding Him She Was!
The Legend of Molly Johnson is as courageous as it is honest and passionately read. Perhaps Purcell's proclivity to sing dampens the literary and audio qualities of her novel, but these weaknesses are far outweighed by the comedy, pathos, tragedy and romance of her retelling of Lawson's original short story. My one actual criticism concerns how the narrative ultimately reproduces what it seeks to critique by supplanting an essentialist white mythology with an essentialist black mythology that is no less binary in its stereotypes of good and evil. All the baddies tend to be uneducated white men with rotten teeth and homosexual/trans traits, and all the goodies tend to be educated black men with good teeth and heteronormative traits, but i have no doubt Purcell will make up for this in her sequel.
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- Joni B. Sturtz
- 28-03-2023
A Beautiful Painting
I so hope you write more novels. You have a gift for storytelling. I was so engrossed throughout the entire book. You painted a beautiful picture and hearing you tell it, made it perfect. I felt like I was there with the characters. Absolutely stunning!
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- tracy
- 11-02-2023
Brilliant story and performance by Leah Purcell
Such a great listen. Gripping. I was completely immersed with the characters. Leah’s storytelling is brilliant.
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- SAgirl
- 13-11-2021
excellent read
incredible story of heartbreak and tragedy. The 1890s are not that long ago yet the creulity and barbaric behaviour of men was unpresidented.
I guess they are much the same today, Joan suffering at the hands of men.
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