As children, we'd sneak into Grandma's bedroom on secret missions. Her cupboard was filled with old fur coats, strange woven folk costumes and small mountains of glowing amber. We were half-scared, made breathless by our discoveries, but knew we hadn't seen it all, hadn't understood what was really hidden there.
Praise for Things My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me:
'An elegant, absorbing story of ordinary people thrown into extraordinary crisis.' - Peter Greste
'Anyone with untold stories flowing through their DNA will find home and understanding here. I felt my own grandmother speaking to me...' - Amy Remeikis
'Deeply moving, brilliantly crafted and powerfully written' - Biff Ward
'An Australian born granddaughter discovering the stories of her Latvian grandmothers and their lives lived in very different times and circumstances...a compelling read.' - Ilze Thomas
Andra Putnis is a writer and social researcher based in Canberra with her partner and two children. Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me is her debut book.