Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir
by Kristina Olsson
An unforgettable story of the legacy of grief and guilt across generations, and the power 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. Young and frightened and trying to escape a brutal marriage, she was not prepared for this final blow, this breathtaking punishment. She did not think she would see her son again.Kristina was the first child of her mother's second, 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. Yvonne dreamt day and night of her son, while Peter grew up a thousand miles and a lifetime away, dreaming of his missing mother. Thirty-six years later he arrived at her front door.Boy, Lost tells an unforgettable story of the legacy of grief and loss across generations, and is a tribute to the power of memory and faith.
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Author Biography
Kristina Olsson is the author of the novel In One Skin (2001) and the biography Kilroy Was Here (2005). Her second novel, The China Garden (2009), received the 2010 Barbara Jefferis Award for its empowering depiction of women in society and was also shortlisted for the Kibble Literary Award. Kristina's non-fiction work Boy, Lost- A Family Memoir won the 2013 Queensland Literary Award, the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, the Western Australian Premier's Literary Award, and the Kibble Literary Award. It has been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Stella Prize, Australian Human Rights Commission Literature Award and The Courier-Mail Book of the Year People's Choice Award. Kristina's journalism and non-fiction have been published in the Australian, the Courier-Mail, the Sunday Telegraph and Griffith REVIEW. She has worked extensively as a teacher of creative writing and journalism at tertiary level and in the community, and as an advisor to government. She lives in Brisbane. Her latest novel is Shell.
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