{"product_id":"the-worst-woman-in-sydney-by-leigh-straw-9781742234793","title":"The Worst Woman in Sydney","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatriarch of the criminal underworld ... or the Robin Hood of inner Sydney?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe legend of Kate Leigh, Sydney's famed brothel madam, sly grog seller, and drug dealer, has loomed large in TV's \u003cem\u003eUnderbelly\u003c\/em\u003e and every other account of Sydney's criminal history from the 1920s to the 1960s. However, she has never had a biography of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite having more than 100 criminal convictions to her name, Kate Leigh is also remembered as a local hero, giving money to needy families and supporting her local community through the hard times of Depression and war. In \u003cem\u003eThe Worst Woman in Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e, novelist and historian Leigh Straw teases out the full story of how this wayward Reformatory girl from Dubbo made a fortune in eastern Sydney and defied the gender stereotyping of the time to become a leading underworld figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWatch Leigh Straw's interview with William Yeoman for the Seven West Travel Club website \u003ca href=\"#\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072935346412,"sku":"9781742234793","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8249613482808.jpg?v=1765133509","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-worst-woman-in-sydney-by-leigh-straw-9781742234793","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}