Boy, lost / Kristina Olsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olsson, Kristina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mother and child--Australia.

Mother and child.

Missing children--Australia.

Missing children.

Family secrets.

Young women--Australia--Biography.

Young women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Boy, lost : a family memoir

Place of Publication:

St Lucia, Qld. : UQP, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms at a train station in the hot summer of 1950. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, and in no way prepared for this final blow. Yvonne would not see her son again for nearly 40 years. Kristina was the first child of her mother's subsequent marriage and, like her siblings, grew up unaware of the reasons behind her mother's sorrow, though Peter's absence resounded through the family. Yvonne dreamt of her son by day and by night, whil

Contents:

Front Cover ; Author biography; Also by Kristina Olsson; Title page; Copyright ; Dedication; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; Chapter 41; Chapter 42; Chapter 43

Chapter 44Chapter 45; Chapter 46; Chapter 47; Chapter 48; Chapter 49; Chapter 50; Chapter 51; Chapter 52; Chapter 53; Chapter 54; Chapter 55; Chapter 56; Chapter 57; Chapter 58; Chapter 59; Chapter 60; Chapter 61; Chapter 62; Chapter 63; Chapter 64; Chapter 65; Chapter 66; Chapter 67; Chapter 68; Chapter 69; Chapter 70; Chapter 71; Chapter 72; Chapter 73; Chapter 74; Chapter 75; Chapter 76; Chapter 77; Chapter 78; Chapter 79; Chapter 80; Afterword; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-7022-4893-2

0-7022-4892-4

OCLC:

843202552