Against the tide / Peter Yeldham.
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TextPublication details: Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2009Description: 495 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780143010395Subject(s): Refugees -- Australia -- Fiction | Refugees -- Hungary -- Fiction | Hungarians -- Australia -- Fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Cooma (N.S.W.) -- Ethnic relations -- FictionDDC classification: A823.3 Summary: Aust'n. AU Author. War stories. Helen and Michael Francis are Hungarian refugees with no country to call home, Sarah Wiseman is a survivor of a death camp piecing together the shattered remains of her life, and Neil Latham is an ex-commando unable to return to his peaceful village in rural Kent. All four leave war-ravaged Europe for Australia's golden shores. It may be a new beginning, but for these refugees the work camps of Cooma and the inhospitable landscape is a far cry from the idyllic existence they have been promised. Alienated by the communities around them, they each struggle to forge a new life. But Helen and Michael's past contains a secret that has the power to destroy all their futures... It seems only a matter of time before the truth will be revealed.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F YEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111038958524 |
Previously published: Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1999.
Aust'n. AU Author. War stories. Helen and Michael Francis are Hungarian refugees with no country to call home, Sarah Wiseman is a survivor of a death camp piecing together the shattered remains of her life, and Neil Latham is an ex-commando unable to return to his peaceful village in rural Kent. All four leave war-ravaged Europe for Australia's golden shores. It may be a new beginning, but for these refugees the work camps of Cooma and the inhospitable landscape is a far cry from the idyllic existence they have been promised. Alienated by the communities around them, they each struggle to forge a new life. But Helen and Michael's past contains a secret that has the power to destroy all their futures... It seems only a matter of time before the truth will be revealed.
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