Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. The previous owner has removed the half-title page, presumably to eliminate ownership details.
In 1939, a frightened, homesick girl of thirteen years from impoverished rural Italy arrived in Australia, still recovering from the Depression.
Emma's story combines two cultures: the deeply conservative and traditional Abruzzi and Anglo-Saxon Western Australia. Emma weathered cultural shock and refused to be discouraged by ignorance and bigotry.