Currawalli Street

I read Currawalli Street by Christopher Morgan which is set in Melbourne, Australia in two time periods - 1914 and 1972.  It is about the people who live in the street.  In 1914, the street was quite new with houses being built and there were a number of people living there and most of the men then went off to war.  In 1972 the grandson of one of the original owners returns home from Vietnam because of a family tragedy.  There were a number of characters in each time period which I found difficult, trying to remember who was who.  The 1972 mystery did not have the outcome I expected.  21/2/5