Physical description

Cover design wraps around the spine and both covers. Lower section is a pale yellow/white colour with silver text. The higher section is a torn green image of a grassed field and tree with black and white images of a lady and pram, a young boy, and a man in a wheelchair with one red poppy. The back cover image is a welcome home sign with a gathering of people beneath it.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'PROPERTY OF VICTORIAN BRANCH R.S.L.' [stamped in red ink on the first page and the top of block edge]

Summary

Living with the Scars of War tells the untold story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed home disabled soldiers after the First World War. It offers a poignant account of the impact of physical injury and shell shock upon returned soldiers, and explores the profound and lasting consequences of disablement for their kin in the 1920s and 1930s. Drawing the reader into the emotional interior of family life, it evocatively brings to light the daily struggles of Australia's 90,000 'changed men', and reveals the significant burdens carried by their family members--Provided by publisher.