Splintered Heart: A Red Dust Novel by Linda Dowling is a sweeping tale of abuse and heartache seen through the eyes of a thirteen-year-old girl growing up poor in the Sydney suburbs in the 1960s. Lisa was a typical, slightly rebellious girl until the day she realized her older step-sister’s fiancé appeared to have designs on her. After being brutally raped and assaulted by the fiancé, Lisa’s behaviour became “uncontrollable” and she was shipped off to the infamous Paramatta Girls’ Home for rehabilitation. There, the abuse became even more violent and more horrific. Almost at breaking point and following some harrowing experiences, Lisa is rescued from the depravity by her father’s sister and her husband. Aunty Zena takes Lisa far from the city to a remote sheep station in the New South Wales hinterland, where she begins the slow process of healing and coming to terms with acts no young girl should ever have to experience. The book is available on Amazon, eBay, Fishpond, and Booktopia.
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