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100	1		_aPapathanasiou, Peter, _eauthor. _974115
245	1	0	_aLittle one : _ba story of family, love and sacrifice — and an extraordinary secret / _cPeter Papathanasiou.
264		1	_aCrows Nest, NSW : _bAllen & Unwin, _c2019.
264		4	_a©2019.
300			_a327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
520			_aPeter Papathanasiou is the son of migrants and the grandson of refugees. His parents emigrated from Greece to Australia in 1956 but were unable to have children, a huge sorrow (and shame) for them amongst Australia's Greek community and their own family. Finally, in 1973, Peter's mother's brother and sister-in-law in Greece offered to have another baby and give it to her to bring up as her own in Australia. Peter was that baby, born in 1974 and given up by his biological parents so that a childless sister could become a mother. Peter grew up an only child in Australia, and only discovered his true parentage in 1999, when his mother revealed the family secret to him. By then Peter's birth mother had died, but he found he had two older brothers still living in the small village in northern Greece his mother had emigrated from. This is where the story begins, with Peter's mother sitting him down to tell him about his birth and the sacrifice that lay behind it. What follows is a wonderful, moving and compelling memoir as Peter traces his parents' journey to Australia, their struggle as migrants, and the very different world that they came from - a world where the bond of family was so strong a husband and wife are prepared to do something extraordinary for their sibling. Peter's own career as a geneticist is a fascinating backdrop to his investigations into his own family.
600	1	0	_aPapathanasiou, Peter _xFamily. _974116
600	1	0	_aPapathanasiou, Peter. _974115
650		0	_aFamily secrets. _941474
650		0	_aGreeks _zAustralian Capital Territory _zCanberra _vBiography. _974117
650		0	_aImmigrant families _zAustralian Capital Territory _zCanberra _vBiography. _974118
650		0	_aFamilies _zAustralian Capital Territory _zCanberra _vBiography. _974119
650		0	_aImmigrants _zAustralian Capital Territory _zCanberra _vBiography. _974120
650		0	_aAdoptees _zAustralian Capital Territory _zCanberra _vBiography. _974121
650		0	_aAdoptees _xFamily relationships. _974122
650		0	_aBirthparents _zGreece _vBiography. _974123
651		0	_aAustralia _xEmigration and immigration. _934253
651		0	_aGreece _xEmigration and immigration. _974124
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft. _96642
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft. _98690
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