This poignant memoir captures the challenges, joys and ultimate
love one migrant has for her new country
GEELONG, Australia, May 8, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Experience the migrant journey through the
eyes of Margaret Zeegers as she
navigates life in 1950s Australia
in "Sailing on a Cusp and a Prayer" (published by Xlibris AU). This
memoir sheds light on the experiences of migrant families,
highlighting the similarities between their lives and those of
Australian families at the time.
"Arriving in what is probably the best country in the world,
there was much that we had to negotiate and accommodate. But so did
Australians in their learning to live with us," the author
states.
From negotiating cultural differences to building a new life,
Zeegers captures the challenges and joys of living in a new
country. Here, she provides a snapshot of working class life in a
country parish in Australia,
personalized so that it presents life in the extraordinary
circumstances of the six-year span covered. The stories and
anecdotes embedded within the pages will amuse and engage the
reader interested in history, culture, and the migrant
experience.
An excerpt from the book reads:
Both fathers gave a second chuckle, louder this time, at my
childish fancy that one such as I would ever have something like
this bought for her. I was mortified in a way that only a little
girl could be. I had not asked for shoes in the first place, had
not suggested pretty black patent leather pumps as my preferred
option, and had been effectively ambushed by Mr Randolph Scott's showing off his capacity to
provide the finest quality goods to the finest quality people of
the town.
"Sailing on a Cusp and a Prayer" is now available for purchase
on major book retailers. For more information, visit
https://www.xlibris.com/en-au/bookstore/bookdetails/858273-sailing-on-a-cusp-and-a-prayer.
"Sailing on a Cusp and a Prayer"
By Margaret Zeegers
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 352 pages | ISBN 9798369495384
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 352 pages | ISBN 9798369495377
E-Book | 352 pages | ISBN 9798369495360
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Margaret Zeegers, PhD, came to
Australia as a young child in the
1950s, part of a large migrant family who still had to learn the
new language and ways of life. This is the story of her and her
family in country Victoria at that
time. She tells how she learned to love this strange new country as
she negotiated people, customs and systems, growing up in what is
undoubtedly the best country in the world, and eventually to write
all about it in this book. The migrant experience is rendered
through the eyes of her as a young child, who has a keen eye for
not only what happens to and around her, but also a talent for
shrewd commentary on what she experiences. She represents her
experience of change as a many-featured thing, where established
residents were as much subject to the changes wrought by the great
influx of newcomers as the newcomers were changed themselves. It
made for quite a life. And she ended up getting those letters after
her name.
Xlibris Publishing Australia, an Author Solutions, LLC imprint,
is a self-publishing services provider dedicated to serving
Australian authors. By focusing on the needs of creative writers
and artists and adopting the latest print-on-demand publishing
technology and strategies, we provide expert publishing services
with direct and personal access to quality publication in
hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound and full-color
formats. To date, Xlibris has helped to publish more than 60,000
titles. For more information, visit xlibrispublishing.com.au or
call 1-800-844-927 to receive a free publishing guide.
Media Contact
Marketing Services, XlibrisAU, 1-800-844-927,
MarketingServices@xlibris.com.au, www.xlibris.com/en-au
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