Aussie, Actually
Synopsis:
What's life like, living as a new Australian?
Lois Nicholls is 3 months pregnant. With husband and clingy toddler in tow, she sets off from Durban, South Africa, to a sweltering Brisbane, arriving on Australia Day 1997.
She is not prepared for the sheer magnitude of the move but battles on in a fog of homesickness using humour to get by.
She is not prepared for the sheer magnitude of the move but battles on in a fog of homesickness using humour to get by.
Aussie, Actually is a warts and all account of Lois’s eleven year sojourn as a migrant wife and mother living in Brisbane, Australia.
Illustrated with cartoons drawn by her 10 year old daughter, Lara, the book's 22 chapters capture her humorous and honest life experiences as a new Australian.
Illustrated with cartoons drawn by her 10 year old daughter, Lara, the book's 22 chapters capture her humorous and honest life experiences as a new Australian.
Book Excerpt:
'Reflecting back over the past decade, had I an inkling of the hardship, the intense home-sickness and feelings of total displacement in ensuing years, I might have high-tailed it back to the comfortable bosom of family and friends. Instead, I persevered...’
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Immigrants—Queensland—Biography, Life experienced as a new Australian, Queensland—Social life and customs, South Africans—Queensland—Biography, Women immigrants—Queensland—Biography
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Original Publish Date:
2008-06-04
ISBNs:
9780980486803
Formats:
Paperback
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