One hundred years with Betty

She was born into a poor family in pre-war London. After all the horrors she has endured, she seizes the chance to start a new life elsewhere and emigrates to Australia. On board the ocean liner, she befriends three people who will fundamentally change the course of her life – Pearl, a kind-hearted, resilient girl; Athena, a Greek woman full of ideals; and Leo, a German Jew who lost his entire family in the war.

Over the course of a century full of social upheaval, Betty takes us to the Australian suburbs of the 1950s, to the front lines of the anti-war protests and women's rights movements of the 1970s, into the midst of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, and to London, Sydney, and Mexico.

One Hundred Years of Betty is a novel about a strong, intelligent woman who was born too soon to use her talents without having to constantly fight for everything. It's about the power of motherhood, the family we build for ourselves, and how the determination to live life to the fullest, with all its joys and sorrows, can lead to a life that exceeds our wildest dreams.