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Abandoned by her mother as an infant, Kate Howarth was raised by her grandmother and other relatives in [[Darlinghurst]] and rural [[N.S.W.]]<ref name=MWF>[http://www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-standard.asp?name=authors-HowarthK]''Melbourne Writers Festival''. Retrieved September 17, 2010.</ref> When Howarth fell pregnant at the age of 15, she was sent by her grandmother to the St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers in Sydney.<ref name=ABC">[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2010/2858917.htm]''ABC Radio National''. Retrieved September 17, 2010.</ref> After giving birth, she resisted the pressure to give her son up for adoption and became one of few women to leave the institution with her child.<ref name=UQP>[http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/book_details.php?id=9780702237706]''UQP''. Retrieved September 17, 2010</ref> The story of the first 17 years of her life is recounted in her memoir ''Ten Hail Marys'', which challenges evidence taken at a [[Parliamentary |
Abandoned by her mother as an infant, Kate Howarth was raised by her grandmother and other relatives in [[Darlinghurst]] and rural [[N.S.W.]]<ref name=MWF>[http://www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-standard.asp?name=authors-HowarthK]''Melbourne Writers Festival''. Retrieved September 17, 2010.</ref> When Howarth fell pregnant at the age of 15, she was sent by her grandmother to the St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers in Sydney.<ref name=ABC">[http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2010/2858917.htm]''ABC Radio National''. Retrieved September 17, 2010.</ref> After giving birth, she resisted the pressure to give her son up for adoption and became one of few women to leave the institution with her child.<ref name=UQP>[http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/book_details.php?id=9780702237706]''UQP''. Retrieved September 17, 2010</ref> The story of the first 17 years of her life is recounted in her memoir ''Ten Hail Marys'', which challenges evidence taken at a [[Parliamentary inquiry]] into Adoption Practices in [[N.S.W.]] from 1950 to 1998.<ref name="MWF" /> |
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==Career== |
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Revision as of 04:28, 7 October 2010
Kate Howarth (born in Sydney, 1950) is an Indigenous Australian writer whose memoir Ten Hail Marys was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2010.
Early Life
Abandoned by her mother as an infant, Kate Howarth was raised by her grandmother and other relatives in Darlinghurst and rural N.S.W.[1] When Howarth fell pregnant at the age of 15, she was sent by her grandmother to the St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers in Sydney.[2] After giving birth, she resisted the pressure to give her son up for adoption and became one of few women to leave the institution with her child.[3] The story of the first 17 years of her life is recounted in her memoir Ten Hail Marys, which challenges evidence taken at a Parliamentary inquiry into Adoption Practices in N.S.W. from 1950 to 1998.[1]
Career
Before writing her first book, Howarth worked as a factory worker, an Avon sales representative, corporate executive and restaurateur.[3] She was instrumental in building Manpower Personnel, a recruiting and personnel company, and at age 49 she began writing her memoir.[1]
Books
- Ten Hail Marys (2010) ISBN 9780-7022-3770-6
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 2010 The Age Book of the Year (Non-fiction) for Ten Hail Marys
Shortlisted
- 2008 - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (David Uniapon Award) for Ten Hail Marys