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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 When This Thing Happened
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'A tour de force about the impact of war on one family over the twentieth century.

'As deputy director of the Australian War Memorial for many years, Michael McKernan had heard and written about many stories of war. For him, war was never about the big picture; it always came down to the individual. Yet little did he know when he met his future wife in 1989 that her father would soon be telling him, over many leisurely afternoons, his own story, of being made a slave to the Nazis in the Second World War, and its unforeseeable consequences.

'One of these consequences was that Mychajlo Stawyskyj's son Joe would grow up in Australia in time to be sent to fight in Vietnam, where he would become one of that war's worst casualties.

'Drawing on his authoritative grasp of twentieth-century history, and in particular military and social history, Michael McKernan pieces together the disrupted lives of his father-in-law and brother-in-law, creating a compelling narrative of general interest, as well as an unforgettable story about the cost of war to one Australian family.' (Publication summary)

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    • Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2015 .
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      Extent: 288p.
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      • Published: 21st October 2015
      ISBN: 9781925106893

Works about this Work

Poignant Story of Trauma and Love Owen Richardson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23-24 January 2016; (p. 30)

— Review of When This Thing Happened Michael McKernan , 2015 single work biography
A Father, a Son, and Two Wars Meg Gurry , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2016;

— Review of When This Thing Happened Michael McKernan , 2015 single work biography
Poignant Story of Trauma and Love Owen Richardson , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23-24 January 2016; (p. 30)

— Review of When This Thing Happened Michael McKernan , 2015 single work biography
A Father, a Son, and Two Wars Meg Gurry , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , March 2016;

— Review of When This Thing Happened Michael McKernan , 2015 single work biography
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