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.
'A beautiful reading experience, created by an author not only in command of her subject and the craft of writing but possessed of the long and gentle patience needed to be with people who need to speak of grief and loss'-Living Arts Canberra