Over the last fifty years women's lives have changed for all types of reasons some for good and some for bad. The book shows us the changes. When Katia was 17 her father chose her husband and they moved to Australia away from her family and friends. Francesco didn't really care for Katia or how she felt, he didn't really love her. In Katia's times you could only have sex when you were married. When Francesco …showed first 75 words of 437 total…

…showed last 75 words of 437 total…find his freedom he killed himself. Josie found out who her dad is over the year. She met her dad and she spent some of the school holidays over in Adelaide and she works at Mac Michael and Sons with her Dad. As you can tell the stories of these 3 women have changed. These women have all different personalities yet they are the same because they are strong women and they can face tough times.