Shortlisted for the 2014 Stella Prize

Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir – Kristina Olsson

Nonfiction · UQP

Kristina Olsson

About the book

“Kristina Olsson’s story of her half-brother Peter, stolen by his father from his mother’s arms, is a beautifully understated family memoir in which the writer barely features: this is the story of Peter and his mother.

– 2014 Stella Prize Judges

About the author


Kristina Olsson

Judges’ report


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