Join us in store at Petrarch’s Bookshop on Saturday 3 October between 10:30am – 12pm as we welcome Jacinta Crealy to sign copies of their new book, Alice: A Tasmanian Story.
Alice’s story had been lost to time.
Alice was born in 1857, the third of eleven children to her English father and Scottish mother. In 1880, Alice married Robert McKimmie in Tasmania. So began a life of trial and adventure that required sheer grit.
Alice and Robert ran a pub in Launceston, and lived in Gladstone and Zeehan, places that sprang up in response to exciting mineral discoveries. Surviving fires, crimes, disease and childbirth were challenges, with doctors and hospitals only accessible in the cities.
At the heart of Alice’s story is family, her husband and children and her family of origin. Alice welcomed all and reached out to her community whenever people were in need, a compassionate woman who was loved in the places she called home.
Free event, all welcome!