Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when societys long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her life doggedly pushing at those doors. A husband and two children do not deter her from searching for love and independence.

Restless Dolly Maunder is a subversive, triumphant tale of a pioneering woman working her way through a world of limits and obstacles, who is able despite the cost to make a life she could call her own.

Longlisted for The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024. Longlisted for Best Fiction in The Indie Book Awards Australia 2024.