Andra is an Australian author with Latvian heritage working to tell powerful stories to help us better understand our world and each other.
Her debut book, Stories My Grandmothers Didn’t Tell Me, reveals the incredible tales of how her two Latvian grandmothers lived through the terror of the Second World War and survived to immigrate to Australia.
Against the backdrop of our increasingly uncertain world, the book delves into why we need the stories of our grandmothers to better understand where we come from and who we want to be.
Andra completed a Bachelor of Arts / Law at The Australian National University majoring in History in 2001 and is finalising a Masters Degree specialising in qualitative research and storytelling. She lives in Canberra on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country with her partner and two children.
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Past lives: Andra Putnis on uncovering family secrets
When I think back, it was the life I started to make away from my family that led…