The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen: Travels with My Grandmother's Ashes

Author(s): Krissy Kneen

Biography

In her 2010 memoir, Affection, Krissy Kneen introduced readers to her unique family and the towering matriarchal figure of her grandmother. Stern, domineering, fiercely loving, Lotty Kneen-born Dragitsa-was always tight-lipped about her early life and family history. She rebuffed Krissy's curiosity and forbade her from taking the trip back to the old country that might have satisfied it. When her grandmother died recently, Krissy finally felt at liberty to explore the questions that had nagged at her for so long. In The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen Krissy sets out with a box containing her grandmother's ashes, intending to trace the old woman's early life in Slovenia and Egypt, and perhaps locate some remnants of family. Along the way she uncovers the extraordinary story of the colony of Slovene women who became the nannies of choice for the wealthy Italians of pre-war Alexandria-and identifies as best she can the places where Lotty's restless, demanding spirit will be at peace.

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Traversing genres, travelogue, biography and cultural history among others, The Three Burials… is a breathtaking odyssey across oceans in search of identity. Krissy Kneen, grandchild of the  mysterious Lotty, formidable yet chimeric family matriarch, goes in search of answers to find out how Lotty came to Australia and how this journey resonated through the years, across generations. From heat-struck Queensland, to the cacophonous streets of Alexandria, this is an epic search for an understanding of another to understand yourself. Gavin

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General Fields

  • : 9781922330161
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : Text Publishing Company
  • : 0.41
  • : November 2020
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : BM
  • : 320
  • : English
  • : 2105
  • : Paperback
  • : Krissy Kneen