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A major discovery that Josephine Alibrandi made in Melina Marchetta's , was about her Grandmother's past life. She discovers many things about her Grandmother, including how she got to Australia, her relationship with her husband and that with Marcus Sandford. A ....

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.... Australia for the first year. No friends. No people who spoke the same language as me.. they were not the good old days, Jozzie." Through the discovery of her Grandmother's past Josephine also discovers how lucky she really is to live in the time she did. Although she has her own trials because of her ethnicity, Josephine realises that these are nothing compared to the loneliness and uncertainty that Nonna Katia would have felt. She says on page 117, "I just sat there, glad that I live in these times.. I don't think I could ever handle the quiet world she lived in." Another important discovery which is threaded throughout the book is Josephine's ....