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::" And my pride in my Pacific origins takes nothing away from the appreciation I feel for my European heritage.

I remember one of my last conversations with Sonja Davies.

I asked her about the significance of the title of her first book, Bread and Roses.

In reply, she sang the line from the song: “ hearts starve, as well as bodies ”.

If my father was the principal provider of bread during my childhood, then it was my mother and her family who provided many of the roses.