Physical description

A publication of 225 pages including black and white images and a detailed index.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

This book tells the story of the struggle of the author's family for survival after their way of life was cruelly destroyed by a brutal communist take-over of their homeland. In 1944 they were forced to flee Latvia with no idea of the trauma and tragedy which lay ahead. After spending some time in a refugee camp in Italy, the family arrived in Australia in May 1949 with their first temporary "home" being at Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre near Wodonga, Victoria. The book documents their early struggles in Australia and their journey to their new life, as well as what happened to the family they had to leave behind.