Mad Mabel

At eighty-one, Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has perfected being left alone on her quiet Melbourne street, tea in hand and sharp tongue ready. Then a neighbour turns up dead and old whispers turn loud: she was once Mad Mabel Waller, Australia's youngest convicted murderer. Elsie has buried that girl for decades, minding everyone else's business while guarding her own. Now police are asking questions, cameras are circling, and seven-year-old Persephone from across the road has decided Elsie is her new best friend, stickers and all. To protect the life she built, Elsie must revisit the girl she was and decide what really happened all those years ago before the past decides for her.