{"product_id":"miles-franklin-undercover-the-little-known-years-when-she-created-her-own-brilliant-career-9781761470936","title":"Miles Franklin Undercover: The Little-Known Years When She Created Her Own Brilliant Career","description":"\u003cb\u003eAfter the success and celebrity of her coming of age novel \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, published when Miles Franklin was only 21, she disappeared. This is the story of the decade that made her second career as a fearless advocate for working women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could be happy in love I should at least need to realize myself.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin, was lauded as the Bronte of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut fame can be deceptive. In reality, the book earned her a pittance. The family farm was sold, her new novels were rejected, and she was broke. Just two years after her debut, Miles disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this real-life sequel to \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles' life, from the servant's quarters of Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses to volatile Chicago, in the turbulent years after her early success. Davies draws on a never-before published manuscript and diary extracts of Miles' year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Paterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiles Undercover\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful story of a young woman's enduring resilience, and her determination to always be her own heroine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Captures a wonderful sense of Miles as a person. A fascinating page turner.' - \u003cb\u003eGillian Armstrong, director of the movie \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Career\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A captivating read - Miles comes alive' - \u003cb\u003eBrigitta Olubas, author of \u003ci\u003eShirley Hazzard: A Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761470936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.19w x 1.00d","brand":"Kerrie Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051633602741,"sku":"9781761470936","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3693dd2b-b2bb-40e5-8c4a-8d89eafe3c66.jpg?v=1764047410","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/miles-franklin-undercover-the-little-known-years-when-she-created-her-own-brilliant-career-9781761470936","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}