Viewing Entry - Boy, lost (E13406) by Olsson, Kristina
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Playing time for epub/audio formats : 7 hours 34 minutes
Overview
Title
Boy, lost : a family memoir
Author / Responsible party
Olsson, Kristina
Collection
Nonfiction
Genre
Biography.
Topics
Biography. Mother and child -- Australia. Missing children -- Australia. Family secrets. Young women -- Australia -- Biography.
Restrictions
Yes
Intended Audience
Adult
Publisher
VisAbility Ltd. [Association for the Blind of WA]
Published
2018
Summary
Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded a train in the hot summer of 1950. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, but despite the violence and cruelty she'd endured, she was not prepared for this final blow, this breathtaking punishment. Yvonne would not see her son again for nearly 40 years. Kristina was the first child of her mother's subsequent, much gentler marriage and, like her siblings, grew up unaware of the reasons behind her mother's sorrow, though Peter's absence resounded through the family, marking each one. Yvonne dreamt of her son by day and by night, while Peter grew up a thousand miles and a lifetime away, dreaming of his missing mother.
Additional Information
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System control number
E13406
Original Print Publisher
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2013.
