The book offers a heartfelt and personal journey through an island that has captivated Maria Andreas for nearly thirty years. With a blend of emotion, humor, and tenderness, she shares her deep connection to the island's language, history, and culture. This intimate pilgrimage reveals her affection for this "big pebble," where she expresses the essence of her experiences and the profound impact the island has had on her life.
Set against the backdrop of the pandemic, the journal reflects Maria Andreas's deep spiritual inquiry and emotional response to the chaos unleashed by a malevolent force. Through a series of heartfelt dialogues with God, she explores themes of faith, suffering, and resilience in a transformed world. The work offers poignant insights that resonate with readers regardless of their beliefs, showcasing a blend of personal reflection and broader societal commentary. This English translation preserves the original's intensity and sensitivity.
The magical story of a woman in search of freedom and joy. Maria is an Australian of Greek Cypriot ancestry born and bred in Adelaide. The youngest daughter of an Orthodox family. She had avoided arranged marriages and permanent employment has evaded her. She applies for a job with a remote Aboriginal Community in the Great Western Desert in Western Australia. She believes she will only stay for three months and stays for seven years. She comes to understand that traditional can mean many different things and learns to suspend judgement and marinate herself in a Aboriginal culture that although traditional is also progressive, resourceful, romantic and loving. She falls in love with the Kimberly and a traditional bushman. Maria is a feminist. How does she reconcile her independence - so hard fought for within her Cypriot Orthodox family - to fall into a traditional bush life with the man she loves and his wide and extended family, and their expectations and beliefs, in the remote outback. She explores and begins to understand what 'country' means through her love for a Walmajarri man and his tribe. How language and storytelling united the lovers and how cultural expectations kept them apart. She is challenged, she is accepted, she is loved. Will she make a life in the desert?
La vida amorosa de Lorna es un desastre: sale con un hombre casado, sufre por ser "la otra" y acaba de enterarse de que el se ha conseguido una segunda amante... Las amigas de Lorna la quieren, pero estan hasta las narices de sus lamentos y la emplazan a que vea a un psicologo. Asi empieza un ano de peripecias y situaciones desopilantes -en la consulta y fuera de ella, narradas con frescura y complicidad.
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