We are delighted to have Jan Russ and a special guest from Neighbours to host the launch of What Will the Neighbours Think? Jan Russ’s memoir as told to Robyn Bishop.

In 1965, Jan Russ was a young Melbourne woman whose world fell apart overnight. Unmarried, pregnant and abandoned, she was pushed into a system that punished single mothers and stole their babies in the name of respectability. The loss of her daughter would shadow her life for decades — a wound carried quietly while the rest of the world saw her shine. A candid, spirited memoir from a woman who built a remarkable life in spite of – and sometimes because of – the secrets she was told to keep.

Free, but bookings are essential.

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