Long Journey Home
Long Journey Home
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In Long Journey Home by Katrina Kittel, you’ll find a gripping World War II true story of survival, escape and family legacy that reads with the pull of a novel. Drawing on the author’s father’s experience, this WW2 memoir follows Australian and New Zealand diggers taken prisoner after El Alamein and sent into forced labour on farms in northern Italy.
When Italy signs the September 1943 armistice, the rules of captivity suddenly fracture. With thousands on the run, the question becomes brutally practical: how do you cross unfamiliar country, avoid recapture, and find food and shelter as the weather turns? Ahead lies the Alps and the fragile promise of Switzerland before winter locks the routes.
Perfect for readers of military history, POW escape narratives, and Italian wartime settings, as well as anyone who treasures Australian stories told with care.
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