My paternal grandparents emigrated to Australia not long after we did. I’m not sure, in hindsight, that they really wanted to. I remember, as a child, they spoke about wanting to be closer to family, and I’m sure, to some extent, that was true. But as is often the case with these things, the reality was far more complex. More pressing was avoidance of m…
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