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All this by chance / Vincent O'Sullivan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Wellington : Victoria University Press, 2018.Description: 335 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781776561797
  • 1776561791
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: All this by chanceDDC classification:
  • NZ823.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9688.O86 A44 2018
Summary: "Esther's grandparents first meet at a church dance in London in 1947. Stephen, a shy young kiwi, has left to practise pharmacy on the other side of the world. Eva has grown up English, with no memory of the Jewish family who sent their little girl to safety. When the couple emigrate, the peace they seek in New Zealand cannot overcome the past they have left behind. Following the lives of Eva, her daughter Lisa and her granddaughter Esther, All This By Chance is a moving multigenerational family saga about the legacy of the Holocaust and the burden of secrets never shared, by one of New Zealand's finest writers." -- Back cover.
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Fiction - New Zealand Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Fiction Fiction O'SUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Long Term Storage A00772710

Novel.

"Esther's grandparents first meet at a church dance in London in 1947. Stephen, a shy young kiwi, has left to practise pharmacy on the other side of the world. Eva has grown up English, with no memory of the Jewish family who sent their little girl to safety. When the couple emigrate, the peace they seek in New Zealand cannot overcome the past they have left behind. Following the lives of Eva, her daughter Lisa and her granddaughter Esther, All This By Chance is a moving multigenerational family saga about the legacy of the Holocaust and the burden of secrets never shared, by one of New Zealand's finest writers." -- Back cover.

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