Sheila by Robert Wainwright

Author:Robert Wainwright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIO000000, book
ISBN: 9781743431566
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2014-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

Sheila watched from a few feet away: “The Prince of Wales and Lindbergh stood together in the front of my box, shaking hands and talking. The crowd went crazy. They sang ‘God Bless the Prince of Wales’ and ‘Old Glory’. It was very exciting!”

But as Sheila basked in the glow of her success, news filtered through by cable from Sydney that her father had taken a turn for the worse, and had died. The Sydney Morning Herald reported, succinctly, on June 11 that after the operation “he gradually became weaker, and for the last few days his death was expected”.

Neither Sheila nor her mother could attend the funeral, which was held just two days later at Rookwood Cemetery. The Herald’s report listed by name more than a hundred mourners who had turned out to show their respect for a man who had helped build Australia’s great bloodstock tradition and forge an international reputation. It was a reminder to Sheila of just how far she was from home and family, particularly at a time when she was rebuilding her own life as a single mother. Life wasn’t just about ball gowns.

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