Publish Date: 2020
A compelling tale of ‘poverty, social injustice, Empire and migration’, the book tells the story of Carmen Callil’s family, tracing back their origins to the Midlands in the early 19th century. Uncovering the journey of Sary, her great-great-grandmother, a poor stocking frame worker, and George, a canal worker and father of one of her children convicted for stealing a piece of hemp and sent to Australia, Callil brings to life the past and draws important parallels with the present.
