Katharine Quarmby

In 1828, two young women were torn apart as they were sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay. Will they ever meet again? Norfolk, 1813. In the quiet Waveney Valley, the body of a woman, Mary Tyrell, is staked through the heart after her death by suicide. She had been under arrest for the suspected murder of her newborn child. Mary...

The Low Road was shortlisted for the New Angle Prize. It has been praised for its storytelling in the following reviews: "Soft, swelling story-telling" – Australian Women's Weekly "A well-crafted and intensely dramatic novel, with characters you care about facing circumstances so dire a contemporary audience might strain to fully imagine them" – Sydney Morning Herald "The Low Road is...