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Gwen Wilson is a Wollongong-based author and blogger who launched her writing career following her retirement from international trade and supply chain management. Her memoir, I Belong to No One, was published by Hachette Australia and Orion UK in 2015. Louisa, partly inspired by research into her great-grandmother, and its forthcoming sequel, Florence & Lucy, are her first historical novels. Gwen is a member of the Society of Women Writers NSW, Australian Society of Authors, and the South Coast Writers Centre. In November 2022 Gwen was a founding member of, and participant in, the inaugural Adoption Literary Festival.

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	I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival 3.70 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Join Me for the Book Launch of LOUISA on May 29, 2026, in Wollongong, NSW

Mark your calendars for the launch of Louisa on May 29, 2026, at The Links Seaside in Wollongong! It kicks off at 2pm, and attendance is free, so don’t forget to book your spot. Plus, author Suzanne Leal, known for her award-winning novels, will be in the mix!

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Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower

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The Innocent Reader: Reflections on Reading and Writing

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This is a 4.5 rather than 5 star for me, mostly because it took me a few chapters to settle into the alternating POVs and timelines, plus a little of the early dialogue. (And my copy was typeset for American readers, but I got over that after a while ...more
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In the book club questions, Morison highlights the various social injustices woven through this novel, such as "dispossession, disenfranchisement, judicial corruption, police brutality, harassment of indigenous, homelessness, forced adoption and inte ...more
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The One Remaining will be a book that sits with me for a while as I turn its impact over in my mind. It is a slow reveal of events that happened in the life of fictional memoirist, Hilary Mason. There are plenty of dramatic moments, which Hilary relat ...more
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“We don’t accomplish anything in the world alone and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry off one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that create something.”
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“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.”
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“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the choice.”
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