Name: 'Back Home' Book Launch
Start: 2026-02-08T04:00:00+11:00
Location: Young Services Club

You're invited to attend the book launch of 'Back Home: Family Secrets, Abandonment and Restoration', the compelling, deeply personal, and inspiring memoir from local author Steve Thompson.
The launch will be attended by members of the local community, you'll hear from the Lambing Flat FAW, the author and hopefully a few surprise guests! The event will include reading from the book and the opportunity to purchase a signed copy.
RSVP to Jennifer via 0457 903 240
OR Steve via [email protected]
We can't wait to see you there!
📘ABOUT THE BOOK📘
This book is a blend of memoir and family history, with rich historical detail. Steve weaves an authentic and deeply personal journey of endeavouring to find the truth of his family, his faith and himself through marriage breakdown, abandonment and cultural conflict. Truly a memoir of struggle, secrets and emotional endurance that maintains its honesty and hope on the path to reconciliation and belonging.
👉 Buy the book here: https://www.balboapress.com/en-AU/bookstore/bookdetails/804356-back-home
📘 Back cover bio:
Steve Thompson woke up in Wollongong Hospital soon after his fifth birthday, trying to understand what life was about, while drifting in and out of consciousness. Privately, he feared a nagging obsession that he didn’t belong there.
Back Home is set in Australia and against a backdrop of English cultural history. Steve Thompson looks back at a childhood filled with family secrets. His family began emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1926 when the British government granted his uncle free passage to the continent. Over time the rest of the family followed, with the author arriving in 1951. Once there, he found his British and Christian background were considered handicaps by the Frogs Hollow working-class community.
Almost a decade later, his parents’ marriage ended, and the family scattered. The author sunk into a deep depression and the damage echoed down to the next generation, contributing to his own divorce. Then, family secrets emerged. In this memoir, he reveals how he overcame obstacles, came to terms with the past, and sought to reconcile with loved ones.