Francesca Multimortal

<p><strong><em>If you'd already died five times would you be scared to die again? If you lived six lives what would you learn?</em></strong></p><p>One woman six lives five centuries. From Renaissance Italy and Amsterdam to revolutionary France and Russia to Eastern Europe and finally Australia Francesca is a woman of many times and places. Awaiting her final natural death 21st-century Francesca looks back on her previous lives with tough-minded clarity and humour finding that there's always a price to pay for being her own woman. This novel in six novellas contemplates life death love sex gender ageing war and politics through a gallery of diverse characters deftly placed in a variety of historical settings. Francesca's lives and deaths will keep you reading till the end.</p><p>Shortlisted for the Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2023.</p>