This is a superb biography of a unique character whose spirit was never dampened.
Allen & Unwin, $34.99
In an otherwise mostly staid post-war period, Miles stood out as a genuine free spirit, darting around Sydney unconcerned about what the world might think of her. Bourgeois bohemians usually turn out to be poseurs, but Bee was authentic, questioning society’s norms and maintaining a fierce individualism while sleeping in drains and church porticos.
While there were people who tolerated and even indulged her antics, there were some in authority, including certain members of the police, who abused her verbally and physically. She would receive rough treatment in a foreign place such as Melbourne, where she was relatively unknown and regarded by the authorities as just another public nuisance.
The disease had a permanent effect on her personality, amplifying her rebelliousness and restlessness. The condition helps explain her obsessive need to be constantly on the move – she was remarkably well-travelled within Australia for someone of her generation, riding the interstate trains for free as a “rattler jumper”. She once hired a taxi to drive her to Perth and back.
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