AustLit

'Born into the throes of wartime Europe. The progeny of a turbulent family environment. An unwitting youngster regularly caught in bombings and ground action. Abandoned during a particularly grim situation. A child escapee and refugee. Internee of the German Works Camp programme and classified a Displaced Person (IDP) at conflict's end. Drafted by the UNO with the small remnants of his immediate family, a newly born sister included. Deemed fit and transported to far off 1950s Australia; all before the age of ten!

This account will touch every reader and allows him or her to relate with the traumas of a ‘wide eyed' young witness Arpad junior, his estranged father Arpad senior, a traumatised young mother Charlotte, plus a doting and unhappy grandmother Lidia. Equally as along with many other ‘war weary' family and friends. Hofmann the guide and mentor being such one. It crosses all borders and nationalities, along with every cultural shock, and is particularly applicable to our present Millennium and its unpredictable turbulent times.' (Publisher's blurb)