A talented pianist, she refuses to play the instrument that once brought her joy, her silence a penance. They have left behind their ruined country, but Ida has not left her suffering there. The family emigrated from Hungary to Australia out of desperation, rather than by choice. Frank is the son of Hungarian refugees, Meyer and Ida.
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These themes circle the book’s two young protagonists, Elsa and Frank, who meet in the polio ward of the Golden Age juvenile convalescent hospital (an historically accurate setting) and, to put it simply, fall in love. Was all happiness just a memory of childhood?’ Joan London, The Golden Age INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT The Golden Age is a book about war, about loss, about letting go, about illness, about poetry. In the labour camp, a smoke, a starry night, a thicker piece of bread could make them briefly happy as children. Download The Golden Age by Joan London and more Poetry Study notes in PDF only on Docsity!/resources/schools-program/ 21 ‘Small things give you happiness.
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