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A Simpler Time
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Simpler Time
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Peter FitzSimons
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:422 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130 |
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Category/Genre | Memoirs |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780732293086
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Classifications | Dewey:994.00 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Imprint |
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Publication Date |
1 August 2011 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
A memoir of love, laughter, loss and billycarts. Peter FitzSimons's account of growing up on the rural outskirts of Sydney in the 1960s is first and foremost a tribute to family. But it is also a salute to times and generations past, when praise was understated but love unstinting; work was hard and values clear; when people stood by each other in adversity. Above all, in the FitzSimons home, days were for doing. In this rollicking and often hilarious memoir, Peter describes a childhood of mischief, camaraderie, eccentric characters, drama - and constant love and generosity. The childhood of a simpler time.
Author Biography
Peter FitzSimons is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. He is the author of over twenty-seven books - including biographies of Charles Kingsford Smith, Nancy Wake, Kim Beazley, Nene King, Nick Farr-Jones, Steve Waugh and John Eales - and is one of Australia's biggest selling non-fiction authors of the last fifteen years.
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