Bibliograph

Thistledown seed, a memoir, Louise Helfgott

Type

Label

Thistledown seed, a memoir, Louise Helfgott

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thistledown seed

Responsibility statement

Louise Helfgott

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

Interweaving fiction and memoir in multiple threads, Thistledown Seed follows the displacement and violence of the Holocaust for a Polish family who subsequently settle in Western Australia. In this deeply moving account, Louise Helfgott explores another side of her family's tragic past made famous in the Oscar-winning movie, Shine, about her brother David Helfgott. The floating thistledown seed, often seen in Europe during summer, represents the diaspora of the Jewish people who were scattered around the world as a result of the Holocaust

Target audience

adult

Classification