This is a story told by June Barnes Rowley about her mother who was a well known identity of Orbost, East Gippsland in Victoria, through her work as a sunday school teacher and commitment to the Salvation Army until her death in 1995.
In Whisper my Secret JB tells her mother's true story, the story of Myrtle's
secret, which only comes to light after her death when her daughters find
papers hidden in an old cash tin.
Growing up in Albury, NSW during the 1930s and 1940s Myrtle is a victim of a
time where women were often powerless and appearances meant everything.
Secrets lurked behind the veneer of respectable society. As a teenager Myrtle
despises this hypocrisy and fails to appreciate the dangers of flaunting
honesty.
After falling pregnant to the boy next door she is trapped into a loveless
marriage dominated by her mother-in-law. She tries to make most of her
situation but eventually falls victim to false accusations with tragic
consequences. Ironically she is shamed into secrecy.
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