Her

Out in that country the sun smeared the sky and nothing ever altered, except that one day a scrap man came by ... Australia, 1909. A scrap man buys a scab-kneed three-year-old girl for nine shillings and sixpence. Her name is scarcely known or remembered. All in all, she is worth less than the coins counted into her father's hand. She bides her time. She does her work. Way back in the corner of her mind is a thought she is almost too frightened to shine a light on: one day she will run away.