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Remember Me | 
| Author: Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 7000
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 560
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0141006498
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780141006499
ASIN: 0141006498
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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The best story ever told! August 13, 2008
This is one of the best books I have ever read. Particularly because it is based on a true story. Mary Broad (Bryant) is awe inspiring. Her triumph over adversity, her determination, and the whole story of her and her fellow convicts should be taught in history at schools. I had never even heard of her before reading this book. I read on another review for the book To Brave Every Danger that Mary is worthy of having a statue erected in her name in Trafalgar Square - I couldn't agree more. I saw the dramatised version of her story on DVD, but it isn't a patch on reading the book. The TV company have missed so much out that you really must read the book, ideally before seeing the film version of her story. Mary was one great lady!
MY REVIEW OF REMEMBER ME August 9, 2008
This is a wonderful book. I was'nt looking forward to reading this one as i've never been interested in reading a book based on events from over 200 years ago. However this book was well beyond my expectations. Poor Mary Broad and the other convict were sent to the penal conaly in New South Wales in the late 18th century for stealing. A very interesting and enjoyable book but very sad. I don't want to give spoilers by accident. WELL DONE LESLEY PEARSE.
REMEMBER ME, BY LESLEY PEARSE June 19, 2008
Although I am in my mid-forties I could count on one hand the number of books I have read since leaving school - until my mother-in-law introduced me to Lesley Pearse books. I am now reading my seventh of hers. Remember Me is spell-binding, I read it in a week even though it is lengthy. The book actually reduced me to tears on two separate occasions. I missed the heroine once I had finished the book and thought about the characters and their story for days afterwards. It was not until I had finished the book that I realised it was actually a true story.
I would recommend this book to anyone, whether a regular reader or not. Be warned, you may have a few late nights! Another excellent read by Lesley is 'Hope'.
One of my all time favourite reads! May 12, 2008
This is a brilliant read, totally captivating and the fact that it is based on truth just makes it all the more memorable. If you never buy another book, buy this one, because after reading this book you will be encouraged to buy more.
Relentlessly Harrowing March 31, 2008
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Stealing a hat. What sort of punishment would you think that crime deserves? A warning? A fine? A short prison sentence?
In 1786, Mary Broad was sentenced to death for stealing a hat. She was eighteen years old.
However, Mary was granted a 'reprieve', and instead was sent to a sea-prison called 'Dunkirk', and then later to another ship which was set sail for New South Wales.
What she discovered was actually a fate worse than death, living in some of the most squalid and inhumane conditions any mind could possibly imagine, amongst some of the most desensitised human beings anyone could have the misfortune of meeting.
But Mary did not curl up and die, rather, she chose to survive, and did what was necessary in order to do so. Along the way, she fell in love, married and also had children, whilst also nurturing a compassion for the ill, frail, and weak which would characterise her whole life.
Mary's life was marred by starvation, squalor, disease, illness and tragedy, yet finding the strength to go on, she not only kept her own spirits up, but also boosted and cared for all those who came into her life, plotting a daring escape from the awful prison colony in New South Wales, and navigating their escape route. Way back in the eighteenth century, this was nothing short of awe-inspiring, and all of this is based in fact, told beautifully through Lesley Pearse' gift for story-telling.
All of Mary's life story is moving, fascinating and horrifying in equal measure, but as a study of a failing justice system, the spirit of survival and a woman's potential in life, this is a truly remarkable and humbling book. Every woman could learn a lot from Mary Broad.
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