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'This is my blood, this is my song. In the early 1940s in Czechoslovakia, Rafael Ullmann and his family are sent to Terezin, the so-called model ghetto for Jewish artists. In the 1970s in Canada, Annie Ullmann lives a predictable, lonely life on a prairie with her reclusive father and deaf-dumb mother. Thirty years later, in Australia, Joe Hawker is uncertain about himself and his future. Told across three continents and time-lines, This Is My Song is a symphony encouraging us to find our own music.' (Publication summary)
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Deafness and mutism. Type of character Secondary. Point of view First person (not the deaf-mute character).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Also dyslexic edition
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Last amended 3 May 2019 14:07:15
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- Czechoslovakia (1918-1993),
- 1940-1945
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