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y separately published work icon Against the Tide single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Against the Tide
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'A compelling saga of friendship love and survival

'They came from the ruins of the war in Europe: Sarah Wiseman, the survivor of a German concentration camp, Michael and Helen Francis, a brother and sister fleeing from the Russians in Budapest, and Neil Latham, the young English soldier who broke the rules to help them all survive. The four arrive in Australia seeking a new start in the lucky country.

'But life in post-war Sydney, amid the gangs and corruption, and in the high country of Australia’s Snowy Mountain Scheme, is hardly an idyllic existence. And the past, left so far behind, threatens to jeopardise all their futures in unexpected and terrifying ways. It seems only a matter of time before buried secrets will be revealed . . .'

Source : author's website

Notes

  • Dedication: To the waves of immigrants who made the long journey against the tide, bringing us new visions, this book is dedicated.
  • Epigraph: ' A Displaced Person is not one who can choose to go home...such a person loses his or her status. Somehow these people must be provided for, because they sit upon the conscience of the world.'

    Sir Raphael Cilento

    UNRRA, 1945

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 495p.
      ISBN: 9780143010395

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Works about this Work

Books Ian Nichols , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 May 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of Against the Tide Peter Yeldham , 1999 single work novel
Shorts Elizabeth Dean , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 45)

— Review of Against the Tide Peter Yeldham , 1999 single work novel
Books Ian Nichols , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 May 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of Against the Tide Peter Yeldham , 1999 single work novel
Shorts Elizabeth Dean , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 214 1999; (p. 45)

— Review of Against the Tide Peter Yeldham , 1999 single work novel
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