| Author: | Beatriz Copello | ISBN: | 9781310521157 |
| Publisher: | Beatriz Copello | Publication: | March 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Beatriz Copello |
| ISBN: | 9781310521157 |
| Publisher: | Beatriz Copello |
| Publication: | March 10, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Flowering Roots is an entertaining book written in poetry form which tells of the author’s migration experiences. Beatriz Copello left Argentina with her family in the 1970s and migrated to Australia, a country which then was very different from her country of birth.
Flowering Roots has cultural and historical value in terms of the processes of migration and its impact on the life of migrants. It has also historical value because it covers a period in the 70s in Australia, dealing with issues such as feminism, sexual revolution and cultural modes. The story commences in Argentina with the persecution of intellectuals and continues with the experiences of a migrant family through the eyes of a young woman.
Flowering Roots is a biography written in poetry form which will take the reader back to the exciting 70s, when many social changes took place. The author embraced many of the changes of the time. Flowering Roots, is in a way, a social record of Australia in those days.
The young woman struggled to survive in her new country, bringing up her family, working and trying to find herself. But her greatest struggle was to find freedom and liberation from a traditional role and life.
The poetry is very beautiful and easy to read. The reader will enjoy the serious as well as the funny situations in which the author finds herself. Flowering Roots can be said is a book of adventures embellished by the magic of poetry.
Flowering Roots is an entertaining book written in poetry form which tells of the author’s migration experiences. Beatriz Copello left Argentina with her family in the 1970s and migrated to Australia, a country which then was very different from her country of birth.
Flowering Roots has cultural and historical value in terms of the processes of migration and its impact on the life of migrants. It has also historical value because it covers a period in the 70s in Australia, dealing with issues such as feminism, sexual revolution and cultural modes. The story commences in Argentina with the persecution of intellectuals and continues with the experiences of a migrant family through the eyes of a young woman.
Flowering Roots is a biography written in poetry form which will take the reader back to the exciting 70s, when many social changes took place. The author embraced many of the changes of the time. Flowering Roots, is in a way, a social record of Australia in those days.
The young woman struggled to survive in her new country, bringing up her family, working and trying to find herself. But her greatest struggle was to find freedom and liberation from a traditional role and life.
The poetry is very beautiful and easy to read. The reader will enjoy the serious as well as the funny situations in which the author finds herself. Flowering Roots can be said is a book of adventures embellished by the magic of poetry.
