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Miles Franklin Undercover - by Kerrie Davies (Paperback)

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  • After the success and celebrity of her coming of age novel My Brilliant Career, published when Miles Franklin was only 21, she disappeared.
  • About the Author: Kerrie Davies is the author of A Wife's Heart, that created national discussion about the iconic poet Henry Lawson and his marriage.
  • 368 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Women

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After the success and celebrity of her coming of age novel My Brilliant Career, published when Miles Franklin was only 21, she disappeared. This is the story of the decade that made her second career as a fearless advocate for working women.

'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could be happy in love I should at least need to realize myself.'

She dazzled Australia with her rebellious novel My Brilliant Career, inspiring generations of young women chafing under conventional expectations. Only 21, Miles Franklin, was lauded as the Bronte of the bush, and feted by the rich and influential.

But fame can be deceptive. In reality, the book earned her a pittance. The family farm was sold, her new novels were rejected, and she was broke. Just two years after her debut, Miles disappeared.

In this real-life sequel to My Brilliant Career, author Kerrie Davies uncovers a little-known period in Miles' life, from the servant's quarters of Sydney and Melbourne's wealthy houses to volatile Chicago, in the turbulent years after her early success. Davies draws on a never-before published manuscript and diary extracts of Miles' year undercover as a servant, intimate correspondence with poet Banjo Paterson, and archival sources from Australia and Chicago.

Miles Undercover is a powerful story of a young woman's enduring resilience, and her determination to always be her own heroine.

'Captures a wonderful sense of Miles as a person. A fascinating page turner.' - Gillian Armstrong, director of the movie My Brilliant Career

'A captivating read - Miles comes alive' - Brigitta Olubas, author of Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life



About the Author



Kerrie Davies is the author of A Wife's Heart, that created national discussion about the iconic poet Henry Lawson and his marriage. She has appeared at the Sydney and Brisbane Writers Festivals, and the National Folk festival, Canberra. A former journalist for Vogue and the Sunday Telegraph, Kerrie is Senior Lecturer at the School of the Arts & Media, UNSW Sydney, a 2024 Visiting Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales, and writes for the Conversation.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.02 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Women
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Paperback
Author: Kerrie Davies
Language: English
Street Date: November 4, 2025
TCIN: 1004198618
UPC: 9781761470936
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-2086
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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