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Sydney, Australia: Hale & Iremonger, 2000 Book. New. Trade Paperback. 1st. Australian Ed... Joice Nankivell was born in Australia and during her long and eventful life was in Ireland during the troubles, joined with her husband Stanley Loch in the Quaker missions that were sent to help the Polish devastated by World War I, and then to Greece to assist with the population displaced from Asia Minor. After which she and her husband settled into an old Byzantine tower at Prosforion, on the border with Mt.Athos where she established a rug weaving workshop for the refugee women. During World War II she helped Jewish refugees get to Israel.. Well deserving her status as "the most decorated Australian woman." 360p.plates[some color] maps.
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Blue Ribbons,Bitter Bread : The Life of Joice Nankivell Loch
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Greece : The Unclouded Eye
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New York: William Morrow., 1969 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fascinating, well written account of Greece- past and present -by an observant Australian writer. 410p. plates (some col.) bibliography. grece hisyory travel ancient modern index.
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Australia: Penguin, 1996 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Three women of Greece : Artemis, an ailing matriarch who clings rigidly to the old ways, Juliet, an Englishwoman contentedly married to a Greek man, and Irene, the Australian wife of Artemis's son, who has to leave her marriage child, and a culture that will not make room for her. Irene cannot stay in Greece, neither can she properly leave, Wherever she goes a part of her is pulling in the other direction, so no country can lay claim to her, no place is truly home. . Gillian Bouras. seamlessly weaves fact and fiction to widen her view on displacement. 247P..
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