A Mother's Story by Rosie Batty with Bryce Corbett

'I wonder when I am going to stop constantly thinking about Luke. Because even when I am not thinking about him, I am thinking about him ... We are all on a journey and we all have things to learn. None of us know what is around the corner, and it's what you learn from the experience that life deals you that defines that journey. In my case, that's whether you gain wisdom and insight or whether you stay bitter and angry.'

At the start of 2014, Rosie Batty was an ordinary single mum doing everything in her power to give her son, Luke, the very best life she could. But her world changed forever when her troubled ex-partner, Greg Anderson, killed Luke in a horrendous attack at the local cricket ground in February that year. Rosie had suffered years of family violence, and had intervention orders in place in an effort to protect herself and her son. She believes the killing was Greg's final act of power and control over her. But Rosie would not be silenced. Since the events of that February, she has become an outspoken crusader against family violence, winning hearts and minds all over Australia with her compassion and her courage. In January 2015, she was named Australian of the Year.

The story Rosie tells in A Mother's Story is intense, disturbing, moving, poignant and powerful, and will resonate with many, many readers. But this is much more than one woman's story. The bigger story is about the way Rosie galvanised an entire country around an urgent issue of national importance, domestic violence.'
The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO

Genres: Nonfiction - Memoir - True Crime - Australia - Feminism - Mental Health
Condition: Very good
Published: 19 First published 2015. This edition published in 2016 by  
Pages: 323
ISBN: 9781460752623
Weight: 275g