Almost There: Fragments of a Restless Life - Couverture souple

Oosterman, Mr Gerard

 
9780994581037: Almost There: Fragments of a Restless Life
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ISBN 10 : 0994581033 ISBN 13 : 9780994581037
Editeur : Gerard Oosterman, 2016

Synopsis

If life is a journey, this Author’s search for the purpose of it started 3am at his birth in Holland on the 7th of August 1940. World War 2 was in full swing. Some 15 years later his parents with their children followed the huge European exodus by boat to a distant sun-drenched Australia. After a difficult adjustment there, he questioned if the migrant’s dream of own home on a forlorn suburban lot was inspiring enough The outrageous seduction by his voluminous Maltese landlady while watching Bonanza on the b/w TV might well have been the spark that ignited future creativity. After his tumultuous early adulthood had settled, he found his future wife in arctic Finland. She helped him carve out a niche in his many artistic endeavors. Soon, three children came about followed by a fantastic vasectomy. This book is about hope, survival, and the overcoming of all. Through many delightful vignettes, this memoire gives a humorous account of a life well lived.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

If life is a journey, this Author’s search for the purpose of it started 3am at his birth in Holland on the 7th of August 1940. World War 2 was in full swing. Some 15 years later his parents with their children followed the huge European exodus by boat to a distant sun-drenched Australia. After a difficult adjustment there, he questioned if the migrant’s dream of own home on a forlorn suburban lot was inspiring enough The outrageous seduction by his voluminous Maltese landlady while watching Bonanza on the b/w TV might well have been the spark that ignited future creativity. After his tumultuous early adulthood had settled, he found his future wife in arctic Finland. She helped him carve out a niche in his many artistic endeavors. Soon, three children came about followed by a fantastic vasectomy. This book is about hope, survival, and the overcoming of all. Through many delightful vignettes, this memoire gives a humorous account of a life well lived.

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Éditeur
Gerard Oosterman
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0994581033
ISBN 13 
9780994581037
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
282
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9780994581020: Almost There: Fragments Of A Restless Life

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0994581025 ISBN 13 :  9780994581020
Editeur : 978-0-9945810-2-0, 2016
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