The Girl Who Left
Debra Gavranich
From Croatia to the Canefields. Marija's idyllic early childhood on the beautiful Croatian island of Korčula is brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians and then the Nazis in 1941, bringing death and destruction. The devastation has left families struggling to survive years after the war has ended. In 1950 an opportunity arrives for 17-year-old Marija to escape the hunger and despair all around her by committing herself to a complete stranger in faraway North Queensland, through a proxy marriage. Taking the plunge, she leaves her family and friends, her culture and everything she has ever known, to sail 12,000 km to a future in a land where she knows nothing and no one, whose language she doesn't speak. Is it a chance for a better life? Will her husband be a good man? Will she ever see her family again? This is the true story of an incredibly courageous young woman who risks all in her quest to escape a still-traumatised Europe.
Duration - 7h 58m.
Author - Debra Gavranich.
Narrator - Ella Watson Russell.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Wild Dingo Press ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Debra Gavranich
Ella Watson Russell
Spineless Wonders Audio
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
From Croatia to the Canefields. Marija's idyllic early childhood on the beautiful Croatian island of Korčula is brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians and then the Nazis in 1941, bringing death and destruction. The devastation has left families struggling to survive years after the war has ended. In 1950 an opportunity arrives for 17-year-old Marija to escape the hunger and despair all around her by committing herself to a complete stranger in faraway North Queensland, through a proxy marriage. Taking the plunge, she leaves her family and friends, her culture and everything she has ever known, to sail 12,000 km to a future in a land where she knows nothing and no one, whose language she doesn't speak. Is it a chance for a better life? Will her husband be a good man? Will she ever see her family again? This is the true story of an incredibly courageous young woman who risks all in her quest to escape a still-traumatised Europe. Duration - 7h 58m. Author - Debra Gavranich. Narrator - Ella Watson Russell. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Wild Dingo Press ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:08
Chapter 1
Duration:00:09:23
Chapter 2
Duration:00:06:25
Chapter 3
Duration:00:09:26
Chapter 4
Duration:00:12:34
Chapter 5
Duration:00:09:10
Chapter 6
Duration:00:17:16
Chapter 7
Duration:00:03:59
Chapter 8
Duration:00:08:14
Chapter 9
Duration:00:10:18
Chapter 10
Duration:00:07:30
Chapter 11
Duration:00:06:18
Chapter 12
Duration:00:07:36
Chapter 13
Duration:00:04:25
Chapter 14
Duration:00:04:38
Chapter 15
Duration:00:14:45
Chapter 16
Duration:00:11:04
Chapter 17
Duration:00:04:48
Chapter 18
Duration:00:09:00
Chapter 19
Duration:00:12:43
Chapter 20
Duration:00:12:04
Chapter 21
Duration:00:04:01
Chapter 22
Duration:00:04:36
Chapter 23
Duration:00:10:34
Chapter 24
Duration:00:21:42
Chapter 25
Duration:00:18:32
Chapter 26
Duration:00:04:27
Chapter 27
Duration:00:14:28
Chapter 28
Duration:00:13:55
Chapter 29
Duration:00:12:08
Chapter 30
Duration:00:10:03
Chapter 31
Duration:00:17:54
Chapter 32
Duration:00:11:13
Chapter 33
Duration:00:03:12
Chapter 34
Duration:00:15:10
Chapter 35
Duration:00:13:09
Chapter 36
Duration:00:10:06
Chapter 37
Duration:00:11:25
Chapter 38
Duration:00:05:57
Chapter 39
Duration:00:17:21
Chapter 40
Duration:00:09:15
Chapter 41
Duration:00:03:40
Chapter 42
Duration:00:14:28
Chapter 43
Duration:00:09:38
Chapter 44
Duration:00:15:43
Post script
Duration:00:21:25
Author's note
Duration:00:02:08
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:19