Between Two Worlds

<p>Gwen Bitti born with a facial caul in Calcutta India migrates to Australia with her family when she is sixteen. She returns to her birth land for a visit some years later. On her arrival she is jolted into a new perspective and with fresh insight sets off on a quest. The motif of her enigmatic caul is woven throughout her memoir as she draws together the threads of stories of her family and childhood to discover the truth.</p><p>'In the author's sharp observations and evocative authentic recreation of people and places immerses the reader in the story and gives an added dimension to this page-turner. Moments of violence insurgency fear lies secrecy and escape are palpable alongside the comfortable lifestyle and the privilege and status of this Anglo-Indian family.' - Dr Sharon Rundle writer and editor</p><p>'From the opening paragraph of this memoir I was hooked.' - Emerita Professor Di Yerbury AO. Chair International Judging Panel Commonwealth Writers' Prize 1989 and 1990 </p><p>'Poignant and beautifully articulated - the struggle within the human soul as it searches for that most important of things - identity.' - Nick Bleszynski author/screenwriter and director</p><p>'Gwen...bringing India vividly alive for the reader.' - Emerita Professor Elizabeth Webby</p><p><br></p>