Yvonne would not see her son again for nearly 40 years. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, but despite the violence and cruelty she'd endured, she was not prepared for this final blow, this breathtaking punishment. Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter,when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded a train in the hot summer of 1950. She has worked extensively as a teacher of creative writing and journalism at tertiary level and in the community, and as an advisor to government.A powerful family memoir from the award-winning author of The China Garden Her journalism and non-fiction have been published in The Australian, The Courier-Mail, The Sydney Sunday Telegraph and Griffith Review. She has worked as a creative writing and journalism teacher, and as an advisor to the Australian government.
About the Author: Kristina Olsson is the author of the novels In One Skin and The China Garden, as well as the biography Kilroy Was Here. It is the story of a family, the cascade of grief and guilt through generations, and the endurance of memory and faith.
The family memoir Boy, Lost tells how their lives proceeded from that shattering moment, the grief and shame that stalked them, what they lost and what they salvaged. Yvonne dreamt of her son by day and by night, while Peter grew up a thousand miles away, dreaming of his missing mother. Kristina was the first child of her mother's subsequent marriage and, like her siblings, grew up unaware of the reasons behind her mother's sorrow, though Peter's absence resounded through the family. She was young and frightened, trying to escape a brutal marriage, and in no way prepared for this final blow. Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms at a train station in the hot summer of 1950.
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