Inara Strungs

australian history, latvian migration, bread baking, historical fiction, family life

 

Inara Strungs is an Australian Latvian living in Brisbane. She has qualifications in Arts and medicine (histopathology). Her previously published books are a novel, Sunstone, and a work of nonfiction about her parents’ traditional Baltic bakery in Sydney, Secrets of a Waterloo Baker.

 

 


Books by Inara Strungs

Sydney via Siberia

Sydney via Siberia

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In 1941 a Latvian family is exiled to Siberia by Stalin. Sixty years later the son recounts the events to his sister who escaped to Australia. She has survivor guilt, and her children depression and identity problems, probably due to the initial trauma. They all reach some stability from the tale of survival and resilience.

 
Secrets of a Waterloo Baker - black and white edition

Secrets of a Waterloo Baker - black and white edition

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Long ago, in 1918, a small traditional bakery was built in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, Sydney. This was well before the tower blocks, the ice addicts, the trendy new apartments and the fashionable restaurants. This illustrated book explores what the secret of the Elma bakery bread actually was.

 
Secrets of a Waterloo Baker - full colour edition

Secrets of a Waterloo Baker - full colour edition

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Long ago, in 1918, a small traditional bakery was built in the inner city suburb of Waterloo, Sydney. This was well before the tower blocks, the ice addicts, the trendy new apartments and the fashionable restaurants. This illustrated book explores what the secret of the Elma bakery bread actually was.