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by Meridith McKinnon  What would I do if I were born stateless? Does this answer why I wrote The Thai Wife?
I risk being repetitive about why I wrote THE THAI WIFE but I feel I haven’t answered this question adequately. Bear with me one more time for those who have asked me this question and for the answer I may have given, I fear it’s not enough. So let’s try again. Why did I write this book? What is my message? Who is it about? ... by Meridith Mckinnon  Ahh, the warmth of the wood fire – the cold of an Australian winter can be as unforgiving as the heat of our summer. The Australian home surely has to be adaptable to cater for such extremes. I have always heated my home with wood. Every home I have lived in has either had an open wood fire or wood heater. And there is nothing like the beginning of the cold and stoking of the fire. Just as there is nothing like the end of the cold and ...
by Meridith Mckinnon When I first discovered Lek, this is how I think of her; a discovery, I knew she would be complex. No-one can leave what they know easily for another life in a completely different culture, and not have complexities.  Lek ‘s move into Australian life was extreme and although in the comfort of our white Anglo homes, we like to think we are embracing of different cultures when we are in fact often bad at it. Lek moved to Australia in the early 80’s. It was a time of complacency in Australian multiculturalism, especially in the deep western district of Victoria where affluence of industry set precedence for superiority of white Anglo’s.
I think when Lek married David to move to Australia ... |
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