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
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.
By:
Kristina Olsson Imprint: Queensland Univ. Press Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 154mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 314g ISBN:9780702249532 ISBN 10: 070224953X Publication Date:20 March 2013 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards: Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year 2013
Shortlisted for Queensland Literary Awards: Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year 2013.
