Neon Pilgrim by Lisa Dempster5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() However, one woman a week continues to die in Australia due to domestic violence. As a result of her becoming Australian of the Year and publicity of her story, a royal commission was held and evidently changes are being made regarding domestic violence. ![]() This is not a genre I would read often but I thought the information on how communities, in this case the state of Victoria, handled her case. There were bad decisions Rosie made, there was incredible miscommunication between the agencies that should have been able to help her. There were also so many sliding door moments for Lucy. The story is a sad one but what I thought the book pointed out was how the system fails people in domestic violent relationships. ![]() We know from the outset Luke’s father kills him when he is 11 years old. She was in an extremely on again/off again relationship with Greg, whom she never really loved, but it resulted in her son, Luke’s birth. If you google her you can learn much more about her. Rosie Batty was Australia’s Person of the Year in 2015 as a domestic violence campaigner and advocate for the work she has done regarding domestic violence. I finished Rosie Batty‘s book, A Mother’s Story in no time. ![]()
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