The lives of convict women in Tasmania as mothers.

This engaging collection brings together twenty-five stories of convict mothers who arrived in Van Diemen's Land, each shaped by a different set of circumstances. Some were forced to leave their children behind in Britain, others managed to bring at least one child with them, some gave birth during the long voyage out, and others gave birth while under sentence. This range of experience gives the book real depth, offering vivid, often moving accounts of how these women navigated their dual identity as both convict and mother.

Convict Lives: Mothers' Trials and Triumphs continues the series that brings the stories of convict women vividly to life.

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