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'Tomas, a cellist and dreamer, denies the devastating changes happening in 1930’s Germany—until he is drafted into Hitler’s Wehrmacht. Many years later, having emigrated to Australia, he raises his granddaughter Lara to love music and birds. He also chooses to hide from her a terrible secret.
'When her beloved Opa dies, 22 year-old Lara receives a shadow box of mysterious ornaments that force her to confront his past. Seeking to understand his years of silence, and to find a way through her own grief, she travels to Germany—the objects her only guide.
'Shadows & Wings is a novel of cyclic journeys between hemispheres, the connections between ourselves and those we can never know, and the haunting power of art, love and dreams. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For L.G. Mengersen & for the travelers, the immigrants, and the exiles : we are strong.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Review : Shadows & Wings
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 227-228)
— Review of Shadows & Wings [A Fugue] 2013 single work novel
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Review : Shadows & Wings
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 27 no. 2 2013; (p. 227-228)
— Review of Shadows & Wings [A Fugue] 2013 single work novel