Joyful Strains

I very much enjoyed Joyful Strains - Making Australia Home edited by Kent MacCarter & Ali Lemer.  It is a collection of short stories by Australian authors who migrated to Australia.  Each comes from a different country and the age they came here varies greatly from young child to middle age.  They talk about their feelings on leaving their home and making a new home in a new country and the challenges they face in doing so.  Some have had negative experiences such as racism and discrimination and others have more positive experiences.  They have all adapted to their new life but some still yearn for what they've left behind and the difficulties of balancing their lives between their two countries.  This a wonderful collection to be read by all Australians. 41/2/5