Remember Me

By Lesley Pearse

Book Overview

Discover the moving novel based on a true story about a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds, from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse

She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again . . .

Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat. Convicted and sentenced to be transported to Australia, she endures horrific conditions aboard ship before landing in a brutal and barbaric country.

It will take all her courage just to survive.

But Mary is also determined to make something of herself in this rugged man's world.

And she dreams that one day she will find a way of crossing the cruel seas that lie between her and home . . .
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'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail

'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly

'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141046082
• ISBN13: 9780141046082
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.4" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Hardships with A Capital H

You have to keep reminding yourself that this one is based on a true story! Mary Broad is not afraid to do whatever it takes to survive. A story about the criminals sent to settle Australia, it holds your interest to the very last page. Highly recommend this epic read.

A Story of Survival and Faith-Based on a True Story-A+++!

This story was based on a true story that happened back in the year 1786. It took place in Austrailia. Mary Broad was only 18 years of age, when in terrible poverty, she steals a silk hat. For that small crime, she was sentenced to death as it says in the beginning of the book. However, at the last minute she gets a break from hanging, and is instead, sentenced to 7 years of transportation. The fate though, is almost as horrifying as death, in that these prisoners in transportation live in VERY deplorable conditions. The only thing Mary can do is have courage and be determined to live one day to the next. And that is exactly what she does, and is of lots of help and a friend to her fellow prisoners. Throughout the story, there is birth of children, escape, and death. I highly recommend the book.