Offla's Children
By Helena Wilson, Paul Ban and Liz Ban
()
About this ebook
"Offla's courage and resilience has inspired and comforted us throughout our lives. This is how we remember him."
So concludes this poignant story of Zoltan Ban, a post-war Hungarian refugee living with mental illness, who desperately struggled to keep his young children after Jean, his English-born wife, died of breast cancer in 1963.
Offla, as his children affectionately called him, was a highly intelligent, resourceful and eccentric man who demonstrated extraordinary determination to maintain the bond with his children while they grew up in State care in a church-run children's home in Queensland. This memoir by Offla's children, Paul, Helena and Liz, expresses strong emotion leavened with humour. They invite us to see through each of their eyes how their different inner worlds unfolded within the outer world of institutional life and against the historical backdrop of events such as Billy Graham's crusade, the Cold War and man landing on the moon.
Beautifully crafted, and superbly augmented with extracts from the moving letters of their mother, and official files of agencies such as the International Red Cross, the Department of Immigration and Queensland child welfare, this is a profound story of the survival of a family
Related to Offla's Children
Related ebooks
Herding Beans: Short Stories from My Walk with God Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBorn Gray in a Black and White World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBernice: a Fiery Story of Love and Family: In Her Daughter's Pen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow Do I Fit In?: A Swedish Family History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Daddy of all Mysteries: The True Story of my Parents' Secret Love and the Search for a Father who I Never Knew Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lee Family of Northern River Bank Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThis Dummy Pulls His Own Strings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Departure A Historical Fiction: A Coming From Liberia Series, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Other Belfast: An Irish Youth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Quiet Place Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Brave Little Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoodbye, Mummy Darling Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Random Life? Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFilling in the Gaps: My Hi-de-High Life - The Sequel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Freud's Blind Spot: 23 Original Essays on Cherished, Estranged, Lost, Hurtful, Hopeful, Complicated Siblings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales from the Tree House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHide Little Boy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKoraspondence: Living Life to the Letter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Head Held up High Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Evil Island Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrandma Anna and Me 1853 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShadow Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings...And Me in Ringlets: A Reflection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdaleana and the Mute Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFireside Stories of Faith, Family and Friendship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roots to Fruit: Family Stories with Faith as the Root and Love as the Fruit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOur Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElsie's Tune: One Last Song to Overcome Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Offla's Children
0 ratings0 reviews