Slim: Frank, 1922-2012

About the Book

This is a biography taken from my family’s personal stories of my grandfather, his life and his childhood, growing up during the Great Depression in Australia. It also includes his stories from World War II, the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on families and the individual, the changing attitudes of those who grew up during the Great Depression and fought in World War II and those whose labour efforts at the time helped win it, the attitudes of the baby boomers and the hippie movement.

About the Author

Angela was born in 1983 in Melbourne, Australia. She suffered a traumatic head injury from a car accident at the age of five, recovering in the Melbourne Children’s Hospital. Angela and her mother moved to Adelaide, where she grew up in Christie Downs and Mitchell Park, South Australia. Angela attended Mitcham Girls High School, Adelaide TAFE College and Flinders University. She received a scholarship to intern and live in San Francisco, USA, in 2012. Angela has worked in the public service, education and private sectors and local music scene. Angela has one daughter, Charlotte, with her husband, Brendan.