Cirrus@Austlit

'Christina Houen’s This Place You Know is a memoir. The book is in three parts, ‘Martha’s Story’, ‘Anna’s Story’ and ‘The Last Song’. It begins with a Prologue and ends with an Epilogue. The memoir of Christina’s mother, Martha, and Christina’s own childhood experiences are, by the author’s own admittance, drawn from archival records, her mother’s handwritten memoirs and her own memoirs. Much of Martha’s story is imaginative reconstruction of her thoughts and actions.' (Introduction)