<p>Jean Sharp grew up in working class Mayfield Newcastle NSW in the shadow of the BHP steelworks. Her life spanned the steelworks&rsquo; very beginnings to nearly its closure in 1999.</p><p>Jean recalls in remarkable detail the big and small events of 20th century life: school during World War I the growth of Mayfield and Newcastle domestic and social life work as a midwife in the slums of Sydney life in the country towns of Warialda and Moree World War II and a rocky marriage bringing up four children.</p><p>But Jean&rsquo;s earliest years in far north-western NSW were for many years a mystery to her. When the silence surrounding that time was finally broken Jean was devastated. Mayfield Girl is Jean&rsquo;s brave and honest account of coming to terms with her troubled childhood.</p>
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