Boy, lost
Olsson, Kristina, 1956-2013
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A powerful family memoir from the award-winning author of The China Garden. 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. Yvonne 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 forty 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. Boy, Lost tells how their lives proceeded from that shattering moment, the grief and shame that stalked them, what they lost and what they salvaged. But it is also the story of a family, the cascade of grief and guilt through generations, and the endurance of memory and faith.
Main title:
Boy, lost / Kristina Olsson.
Author:
Olsson, Kristina, 1956-, author
Edition:
10-year anniversary edition.
Imprint:
St Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2023.©2013
Collation:
266 pages : portrait ; 20 cm.
Awards:
NSW premiers literary awards 2014 - winnerQueensland literary awards - winnerWestern Australian premier's book awards - winnerVictorian priemer's literary awards 2014 - winnerKibble award 2014, perpetual - winner
ISBN:
9780702266058 (pbk)9780702266058
Dewey class:
305.2422305.242
Language:
English
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BRN:
552058
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 305.242 OLS | Available |