Both my parents are Italians. Mum came out first with her parents when she was 9. Unfortunately, her mother died, and Mum had to leave school to look after her younger brother and sister. Later, she got married to my Dad, who she had met in Italy. He came to Australia with Mum looking for a better life.
When I was 5, we moved back to Italy, but after a while, Dad realised it wasn’t as good as he’d remembered, and Mum felt our family wasn’t working there. For example, I kept running away . . .