Purcell and The Drover’s Wife

Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory - P

Speaking about her novel The Drover’s Wife, Leah Purcell said she based the book on what she remembered of the Henry Lawson story, that in these instances, it is the memory that matters more than the original.

The memory matters more because it is personal and captures what, years later, still resonates.

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