No place for a woman: The autobiography of outback publican, Mayse Young

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Summary: Great read for a look at women in the outback
Review: This is such an easy read, you just can't wait to read more. She has a great way with words. This tale tells the story of Maisie's life from when she was a child, travelling around Australia in the early years with her family. Mum cooking in the most raw conditions and children sleeping on a piece of canvas stretched between four rough hewn pegs to keep them off the ground away from the creepy crawlies and cold. She ended up in the Northern Territory, running her own pub at a time when women publicans were really unheard of. Maisie gained the respect of many locals and travellers alike, a hard working woman, with a great generous heart. I work in a public library, where i saw this book censored by a reader. She was an elderly woman who disliked greatly some of the words Maisie used in her book. To the average wide reading person, the words were what we see every day but this lady took it upon herself to black out all the words she did not like with a black texta colour. At least she did not deny doing it when approached! although she did not like me giving her a small telling off for censoring the book. Anyway, back to the story, if there are any others like me who dive on anything set in early Northern Territory, outback life, grab this, you will love it. Up there with the good ones, like Tom Ronan and Tom Cole.