In a single day, a young farmer boy found his mother dead, his father maimed and himself whisked away to a life of servitude. Author Lucy Frost joins the show to tell the heartbreaking tale.

More on Lucy Frost’s book: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Lucy-Frost-Convict-Orphans-9781761067686/

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