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'In January 1966, Kate Howarth gave birth to a healthy baby boy at St Margaret's Home for unwed mothers in Sydney. In the months before the birth, and the days after, she resisted intense pressure to give up her son for adoption, becoming one of the few women to ever leave the institution with her baby. She was only sixteen years old.
'What inspired such courage?
'In Ten Hail Marys, Kate Howarth vividly recounts the first seventeen years of her life in Sydney's slums and suburbs and in rural New South Wales. Abandoned by her mother as a baby and then by "Mamma", her volatile grandmother, as a young girl, Kate was shunted between Aboriginal relatives and expected to grow up fast. A natural storyteller, she describes a childhood beset by hardship, abuse, profound grief and poverty, but buoyed with the hope that one day she would make a better life for herself.
'Frank, funny and incredibly moving, Ten Hail Marys is the compelling true story of a childhood lost, and a young woman's hard-won self-possession.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To my dear departed friend John 'Pumpy' Scipione.
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Other formats: Also electronic resource
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Book Reviews : The Humanising of History : Kate Howarth's 'Ten Hail Mary's'
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 30 no. 1 2011; (p. 56-58)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
'Simple Love Story' Wins Age Award
2010
single work
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— Appears in: The Age , 28 August 2010; (p. 13) -
Hailing a Brave Catharsis
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 August 2010; (p. 25) -
Off the Top Shelf
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 24-25) The judges for the 2010 Age Book of the Year Awards provide a summary for the category for which they are responsible and comments on each shortlisted title. -
A Story to Outrage and Entertain
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 25 July 2010; (p. 13)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography
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Courage in Grim Times : Tale of a Young Unwed Mother
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2-4 April 2010; (p. 34-35)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf : Memoir
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 April 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
Staying Mum on the Pain of Adoption
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 April 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 April 2010; (p. 7)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
Non-Fiction Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Ten Hail Marys : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography -
Off the Top Shelf
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 24-25) The judges for the 2010 Age Book of the Year Awards provide a summary for the category for which they are responsible and comments on each shortlisted title. -
Hailing a Brave Catharsis
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 August 2010; (p. 25) -
'Simple Love Story' Wins Age Award
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 28 August 2010; (p. 13)
Awards
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- New South Wales,
- 1950s
- 1960s