This is the story of the girl who became a

podcast.

This girl power.

This is the story of the girl who became a saint, Mary McKillip, read by Little Lunch and

Home and Away actor Olivia Devil. Your father's gone.

is gone. Mary McKillip frowned.

What do you mean he's gone? she asked.

The pain in her mother's gone? She asked.

The pain in her mother's eyes said it all.

Mary's dad had abandoned his family, a wife and eight kids.

Don't worry, mom, Mary said, I'll support us. Mary wasn't entirely surprised.

Her dad had a history of shonky business deals and unpaid bills.

He made the move house 18 times in 15 years.

We'll be all right, Mary said.

We are but travelers here.

Mary stayed calm on the outside, but a sense of injustice brewed beneath her skin.

She lived in a time when women couldn't go to justice brewed beneath her skin.

She lived in a time when women couldn't go to university or vote. In fact, according to the law, women and children were the property of men,

like animals who had to obey their masters.

The rules seemed ridiculous to Mary, especially when her own dad had proven he was no leader.

But there was one place where Mary found comfort, her church.

When the outside world didn't make sense, she prayed and felt peace.

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