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Also by Diane Armstrong:

The Collaborator, July 2020
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Empire Day, September 2011
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Empire Day
Diane Armstrong

HarperCollins Australia
September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
576 pages
ISBN: 0730497747
EAN: 9780730497745
Kindle: B005I0K2CI
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Literature and Fiction

Bondi Junction in the late 1940s is a microcosm of changing Australia, and life is changing too fast for locals like salt-of-the-earth Pop Wilson, prickly Miss McNulty and feisty single mum Kath, all of whom resent the European `reffos' who have moved in.

The newcomers are struggling to rebuild their lives while the unhealed wounds of the past threaten to overwhelm them. As the lives of the neighbours interweave, unexpected new relationships cause tragedy for some, but forgiveness and salvation for others.

Ultimately the residents of Wattle Street discover that behind closed doors, Old as well as New Australians have secret heartaches which poison their lives. Can we ever forget the past, or does it continue to fester inside us? Can understanding be forged from prejudice and fear?

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