Rebellious Daughters (30 page)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book would not have been possible without the writers who agreed to join our rebellious literary adventure. Our deep felt thanks for recounting your acts of defiance with such generosity and honesty. It is our privilege to share these pages with you.

We owe special thanks to Jane Curry from Ventura Press who initiated the project. A rebellious daughter herself, Jane recognised the importance of giving voice to women writers who challenge conventions and defy stereotypes. Thanks also to Jasmine Standfield and Eleanor Reader for shepherding the book through the publishing process.

Maria would like to thank Janice van Reyk and Linda Smith for their wise counsel and ongoing support. Lee thanks her parents Geula and Avraham Kofman for not only putting up with her rebellions that are still unfolding, but also accepting her writing about them and even minding her little boys while she worked on
this book. A big thank you also to her mother-in-law Barbara Efron and her partner David Hart for looking after Luca and Ollie during those months of work on the anthology. She is in debt to Nicola Redhouse and Dmetri Kakmi for their insightful editorial remarks about her essay here. And, most of all, Lee is grateful to Daryl Efron, her gloriously wonderful husband, who is always there when she needs him (and oh, she needs him a lot!).

We also thank Rochelle Siemienowicz for allowing us to use the beautiful quote from her essay on our back cover.

PERMISSIONS

Dreamtime Alice
by Mandy Sayer, Allen & Unwin 2012. Reproduced with the permission of the author and Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd.

Practicalities
by Marguerite Duras, Grove Press 1993.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1968. Reproduced with the permission of Janklow & Nesbit Associates.

“The Pencil and the Damage Done” by Ceridwen Dovey. From
The Monthly
, November 2014. Reproduced with the permission of the author.

NOTE FROM JOANNA FLETCHER, CEOWOMEN'S LEGAL SERVICE VICTORIA

The diversity of experiences captured in this wonderful anthology illustrate the broad and rich experience of womanhood. Many of the essays touch on the darker side of growing up female in our society and capture the rebellion and resilience inherent in escaping violence.

Over 460,000 Australian women experience violence every year and at least one woman is murdered by a partner or ex partner every single week. By buying this book you are helping women experiencing disadvantage to have access to vital specialist legal assistance.

ABOUT WOMEN'S LEGAL SERVICE VICTORIA

Women's Legal Service Victoria (WLSV) helps women experiencing disadvantage to exercise their rights to live free from violence and make free and informed decisions about their relationships. We do this by providing free legal advice and representation for individual women, by educating other professionals and the community and by advocating for change to law and policy.

WLSV assists over 3000 individual women every year, at least 70% of whom have been victims of family violence. Our education and policy programs benefit many more women.

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