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Home for four days, gone for four years

Australia, FEB 2007
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Sarah Rood retells the whirlwind romance between her grandparents, how they met and the decision to create a life together, against the backdrop of war.

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Man proposes, God disposes

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The Home Song Stories

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Little journey

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My grandfather, the spy

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Relative strangers

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Home

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Home country

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Sweet long ride

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Home

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Sunshine romance

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A Journey to freedom

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Homemade history

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Blowing hot and cold

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A Saucer of water for the birds

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Father and daughter

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