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Sara Rena Vidal

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Born
Florence, Italy
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Sara Vidal is an Australian writer, graduate of Melbourne University, Architect, ex-Victorian Public Service Manager. Born in a refugee camp in Italy in 1945. In 1992, aware that her parents’ generation were beginning to die, and at a time of holocaust denial, she began writing on several fronts: childhood memories of growing up in Melbourne in the 1950s – The Making of Plans (unpublished), a journal, extensive researching and writing of her parent’s story, these writings mingle in Bella and Chaim and two more works on the way. She has two children and four grandchildren.
Lives in: Melbourne Australia
Children: Jade Vidal and Jessica Carswell
Spouse: Branko Vidal 8/7/1942 – 22/3/2000

Average rating: 4.53 · 17 ratings · 13 reviews · 1 distinct work
Bella and Chaim: The Story ...

4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions
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The War Against the Past by Frank Füredi
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Heartland by Mort Sahl
"Weird how somebody who wrote jokes for JFK and got blacklisted for helping Jim Garrison scrutinize the Warren Report also supported Alexander Haig's bid for the Presidency. He made fun or Reagan, yet was considered a friend of the Reagans.

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Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
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Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
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Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris
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Confessions of a Beachcomber by E.J. Banfield
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A Banfield quote was my mantra to help me deal with the loss of our home in the late 1980s due to Mr Keatings recession we had to have - I had pinned to my office wall: 'If you wish to increase a man's happiness seek not to increase his possessions, ...more
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The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand
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“Some things you miss because they’re so tiny you overlook them. But some things you don’t see because they’re so huge.”
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“The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.”
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“Dad?"
"What?" A small bird rises from a tree in front of us.
"What should I be when I grow up?"
The bird disappears over a far ridge. I don't know what to say. "Honest," I finally say.”
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“Post-truth is pre-fascism.”
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