Glenice Whitting

This novel is dedicated to the children of German descent who lived in Australia during the last century and struggled to come to terms with their opposing worlds.

WINNER OF THE 2006 ILURA PRESS INTERNATIONAL FICTION QUEST.
2007: Published by Ilura Press.
PO Box 680 Elsterwick Victoria 3185
Australia.
ISBN: 978-1-921325-02-1

Available from selected bookstores in Australia, or can be ordered online through the Ilura Press Bookshop www.ilurapress.com.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD.
Judges Comments:

Glenice whitting was born in Melbourne in 1941. She left school at fourteen, became a hairdresser, married and raised two sons. At the age of fifty, returning to study as a mature age student, she obtained her VCE, which led to a BA at Monash University and a MA in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. She spent three years as an on-line editor and columnist at Suite101.com, showcasing inspiring Australian women. She has won international competitions, and her published works include biographies, interviews, reviews, plays and numerous short stories. Her play, Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow , was produced during the 202 Fertile Ground New Play Festival. She is interested in every aspect of the craft of writing and enjoys living on the beach at Patterson Lakes.

SYNOPSIS
1987 in Australia. Frederick Joseph Fritschenburg’s story is about, among other things: a boy, a great-hearted German midwife and a man caught between two cultures.

It begins in 1906. Rejected at birth by his mother, Frederick is raised by his Grossmutter and a much tested, but unbreakable bond develops between them. Her Aryan bloodline, plus her stories, ensures Frederick is firmly planted in the history and culture of Germany, but he also belongs to the brash new world of Australia. The young Fredi dreams he is like the Colossus of Rhodes, a bronzed sun god spanning two shores. This dream shatters when his worlds collide in the conflict of WWI. For the rest of his life, Frederick is caught between the sauerkraut and pickle culture of his grandparents and the meat pie world of Australia.

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