Stepladder to Hindsight

Stepladder to Hindsight

On An Alien Shore

On An Alien Shore

Once, Only the Swallows Were Free

A Memoir

$24.99
ISBN
9781921665998
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By Gabrielle Gouch
Format Paperback / softback
Page Extent 288
Book Size 233 x 153 x 366 mm (H x W x D)
Imprint Hybrid Publishing
Release Date 16 Jul 2019
Subject Classification Memoirs
Twenty-five years after Gabrielle Gouch left her native land,Transylvania, communism collapsed and the author returned to Romania from Australia to visit her half-brother Tom who told her stories about his life under communism. Though the story is factual, the author uses her strong eye for detail and the techniques of fiction to create this engaging and thought-provoking account about ordinary people in turbulent times. These sad and funny tales are interleaved with the story of the rest of the family from which Tom became estranged.This memoir portrays the exodus of Jewish families from Romania and their arrival in the Promised Land, a dream come true for some but a shock for others. It explores issues of identity, disability, emigration and family relationships against a background of the major political events of the time from a perspective that challenges some accepted views.

Gabrielle Gouch