The fictional story of Mary Mackillop's early years before she began her religious order. Can you love someone when you can’t forgive them? Do you keep fighting for something you believe in when everyone is telling you you’re wrong? The Black Dress is the incredible story of Mary MacKillop – an unconventional young woman born into a time and a religion bound by convention. What Mary did with her life would change the course of Australia’s history.
Author
Pamela Freeman is an Australian author of books for both adults and children. Most of her work is fantasy but she has also written mystery stories, science fiction, family dramas and non-fiction. Her first adult series, the Castings Trilogy (Blood Ties, Deep Water and Full Circle) is published globally by Orbit books. She is best known in Australia for the junior novel Victor’s Quest and an associated series, the Floramonde books, and for The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop’s Early Years, which won the NSW Premier’s History Prize in 2006. As of 2015, she will also be publishing historical novels under the name Pamela Hart.
