A gripping, coming-of-age page turner set in Australia.

“One of the best Australian dystopians I’ve read. “Ora’s Gold” gives a refreshing glimpse into a world still in fear after the outbreak of a deadly disease and raises questions about women’s rights and body sovereignty in a brave and unique way that will stay with readers long after the turning of the final page.”

Written Word Worlds Book Review

If the state had sovereignty over your body, would you fight them for it or would you submit?
18-year-old Ora has always followed the rules unlike her aunt Dione, who is fond of breaking them. When Ora moves in with her, in the middle of nowhere, she discovers the B&B is in fact, a highly illegal birthing centre. Ora doesn't know where to turn; sooner or later someone is going to die and Dione just won't listen.
After an anonymous tip-off, Dione goes missing and Ora narrowly misses being locked up by the Special Investigation Force forever. The beach is her only sanctuary and it's here that she meets Jake, thoughtful and experienced, who encourages her to live a little. So why is it that as soon as she starts to have some fun, everything goes dangerously wrong?

“Even today, across the globe, mothers are forcibly robbed of their choices and rights in childbirth by bureaucracies asserting claim over “safety”. Is this our future? Will we sacrifice our mothers, daughters, aunts and nieces in the name of “safety”? Ora’s unshakeable belief in herself is the perfect antidote and a must read for every young person. Her strength on her journey of self-awareness and self-determination is enough to take your breath away.”

Bashi Hazard, Lawyer and Board Director,
Human Rights in Childbirth