AustLit

'Yenni is an autobiographical novel about growing up, learning, taking charge of an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances, with a happy ending. It talks about the Second World War, liberation, shifting borders, clashes of cultures and ideologies, occupation, illegal escape and emigration. It tells about countries, their culture, tradition, the way of life, which is unknown to technically developed West. But it also talks about Yenni's private struggle with the regime and her marriage.' (Tasmanian Writers Centre website : http://www.tasmanianwriters.org/tasbooks.htm sighted 27/01/2004)