by Kerry Kenihan (Editor), Anne Johnson (Author), Ted Setnikar (Author)
Ted Setnikar was just four years old when his father sold him for two litres of schnapps and a handful of cigarettes. Living in servitude, he learned that most people were cruel and comfort could be found only in the company of animals and the seclusion of nature. As a youth, Ted dreamed of waking in a distant land with the freedom to decide his own fate. As a man, it became clear that survival was not enough. To have true freedom, he would have to face his tormentors. Only then could he truly begin to live. All proceeds from sales of 'The Lacemaker's Son' have been donated to the Hutt St Centre, a frontline organisation working for the homeless and disadvantaged in Ted's adopted home town: Adelaide, in South Australia.
Author Biography
Ted Setnikar escaped from Tito's Slovenia and was eventually granted a refugee visa to settle in South Australia in 1967, aged 18, where he trained as a chef and ran a successful catering business for many year. The story of his experience has been written to benefit Adelaide's Hutt St Centre, where Ted works as a volunteer, serving the city's homeless and disadvantaged.