201: How Maggie Mackellar rebuilt her life after her husband died

Motherland Australia - A podcast by Stephanie Trethewey - Sundays

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Maggie Mackellar is a writer, living on a fine wool merino farm on the east coast of Tasmania. Maggie didn't grow up on the land, but her family's strong ties to farming were her saviour during the hardest years of her life. Maggie's husband suicided more than 20 years ago. At the time, she had a five year old and was pregnant with their second child. In the same year, Maggie lost her mum. She escaped the city and sought refuge at her aunt and uncle's property to figure out her next ste...