Sometimes these men are even blamed for the acts of war they are forced to perform, the greatest injustice of all. Gallipoli Street Audio CD Unabridged, Septemby Mary-Anne OConnor (Author), Rebecca Macauley (Reader) 94 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 13.26 2 Used from 9.16 7 New from 9.26 Audio CD 11.
It’s more than an address it’s a journey, for when a soldier goes to war everyone he loves goes with him and when he brings it home they carry it too. Then one day I opened a blank document on my computer screen and wrote two words: Gallipoli Street. Flower Power.Īs I grew up I pondered over this family legacy I carried Anzac Day seemed more and more tragic to me every year as I reflected on what Australia has sacrificed in the name of war. They understood that it was tragic, that it destroyed lives, that it really just shouldn’t be allowed and that all you really needed was love, sweet love. They protested against this terrible fear, this thing called War that had caused so much pain in my family. From a child’s perspective, they got everything right. I loved these young people, this ‘hippy’ generation.
A man called Whitlam was at the helm now, university was free, people sang songs about peace and put flowers in soldier’s guns. I was never allowed to stay in the room but even as a very young girl, I could see change occurring. But more than that, this book shows us where we have come from as a nation, by revealing the adversity and passions that forged us.Ī stunning novel that brings to life the love and courage that formed our Anzac tradition.I was the youngest, as I said, so I was born right at the end of it all, however, I do remember black and white images flickering on the TV and someone talking about a place called Vietnam. Mary-Anne OConnor Narrated by: Holly Robinson Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins Unabridged Overall 0 out of 5 stars 0. An Anzac tale of three families whose destinies are entwined by war, tragedy and passion.Īt 17, Veronica O'Shay is happier running wild on the family farm than behaving in the ladylike manner her mother requires, and she despairs both of her secret passion for her brother's friend Jack Murphy and what promises to be a future of restraint and compliance.īut this is 1913 and the genteel tranquillity of rural Beecroft is about to change forever as the O'Shay and Murphy families, along with their friends the Dwyers, are caught up in the theatre of war and their fates become intertwined.įrom the horrors of Gallipoli to the bloody battles of the Somme, through love lost and found, the Great Depression and the desperate jungle war along the Kokoda Track, this sprawling family drama brings to life a time long past… a time of desperate love born in desperate times and acts of friendship against impossible odds.Ī love letter to Australian landscape and character, Gallipoli Street celebrates both mateship and the enduring quality of real love. Gallipoli Street By: Mary-Anne OConnor Narrated by: Rebecca Macauley Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins.
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