{"product_id":"miles-franklin-undercover-kerrie-davies-2025","title":"Miles Franklin undercover. Kerrie Davies. 2025.","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel, \u003cem\u003eMy Brilliant Career, \u003c\/em\u003einspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin was lauded as the Bronge of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this real-life sequel to My Brilliant Career, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles’ life, from the servants’ 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 from Miles’ year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Patterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 9781761470936 \/ Large","offer_id":42074104627282,"sku":"DAVIES7","price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/1DEF9DB6-30FD-4AE2-8F19-B2FA618503A5.jpg?v=1787712636","url":"https:\/\/browsebooks.com.au\/products\/miles-franklin-undercover-kerrie-davies-2025","provider":"Browse Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}