A memoir of the life’s journey of a migrant child which began long before the migration itself. At its core the book is an unflattering but heartfelt account of life. A family of seven children struggling to survive in a place at a time when peace and serenity came at great sacrifice. Reward for that sacrifice was realised, in Cowra,a small rural town in New South Wales Australia.
The original intention of the publication was to record a family history for the children of the writer’s marriage, who struggled to remember their mother who died at a tragically young age. An ordinary man’s recollection of quaint memories in Greece blurred by adversity which comes his way.
A theme gradually emerges of a fringe-dweller struggling with the transition from an idyllic life to an idealistic lifestyle. someone who through no fault of their own finds themselves on the outskirts of society. In the author’s case it is because he has one foot in a nostalgic Greek life and the other foot in Australian way of life. This theme is further explored through a myriad of conversations with others, two in particular who are also fringe-dwellers in their own way; add their own perspectives through their unique experiences. Conversations to which you the reader are invited to part-take in
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