Kaleidoscope of Life - Softcover

Campbell, Deslee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452526621 ISBN 13: 9781452526621

Verlag: BalboaPressAU, 2014

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The novel Kaleidoscope of Life concerns the lives of Sally Evans, her immediate and extended families, and those of the local aborigines entwined throughout. Sally experiences various adventures on the Bogan River in far western New South Wales. This historical novel is set immediately after World War II-1945-1949-but the shadow of both world wars hovers over three generations of Sally's family. Community and family interact to provide support as everyone moves towards post-war healing. There are two romantic subplots and two relevant extended war narratives, one from each world war. When Sally's father, who was missing in action, unexpectedly arrives home, Sally thinks he is an intruder and is always afraid of him-with good reason. His psychological problems, domestic violence and alcohol dependency affect him and everyone else, especially Sally, who was born after his departure. Sally is given her own pony and she and her cousin, Elizabeth, who attend the same one-teacher school, are hosted to a week's holiday at Government House, Sydney. Sally spends another week in Sydney at the children's hospital, with suspected diphtheria. Both she and her part-aboriginal classmate, Trudy, who really did have diphtheria, spend time recuperating at the Far West Children's Home in Manly. Sally's Jewish friend, Esther Aarons, remains important, even after Esther moved from Nyngan to Sydney. She helped Sally grapple with the puzzle of where babies come from, and Sally's letters to her provide an outlet for her many concerns. Sally is spirited, inquisitive and thoughtful, with many girlish questions. She is secure in everyone's love, except her father's, constantly asking herself, "Why doesn't Daddy love me" Peter, her mother's new love-interest and her father's best mate, finally answers her and opens up new possibilities.

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About the Author Dr Deslee Campbell, a retired educational psychologist and teacher, is a prolific writer of both fiction and works concerned with history, religion and archaeology. She is particularly interested in art, artefacts and architecture as pathways towards understanding the past. Her doctoral thesis from the University of Sydney is entitled "The Iconography of Women: A Study of Byzantium and the Byzantine-influenced Mediterranean, A.D. 395-1204."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BalboaPressAU
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1452526621
• ISBN 13: 9781452526621
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 156
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