{"product_id":"awakened-the-aussie-with-a-funny-accent-616193","title":"Awakened: The Aussie With a Funny Accent","description":"These memoirs record my life from infant to octogenarian; including traumas when my mother was widowed twice - father killed in action in World War II when I was five and stepfather struck by lightning and killed when I was twelve. Death continued as a part of living in my early adulthood when eldest child, Owen was killed age three in a household accident and favourite uncle Merle committed suicide.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMy employment in the 1960s included jug hustling at an oil exploration site in the middle of winter, article student with a firm of chartered accountant, then as a payroll clerk at a construction site at Pine Point Northwest Territories (hitchhiking out by bush plane with a view of the conifer forest seen through the floorboards of the bush plane).  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eDuring my tenth year as a married man I became irresponsible and deserted my first wife and four children. The Australian phrase for that is \"gone walk about\". I call this my wilderness walk. No member of my family had any idea where I was for the next three years.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMigration to New Zealand on a plane over the Pacific was the next stage of my wilderness walk, followed sixteen months later by a flight to Brisbane. I shared a taxi with an English lass to the Gold Coast after asking her \"Where and what's that?\" I soon found out, employed as a night auditor, frequently sleeping on the beach during my non-working daylight hours.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eEnjoy the read and discover how and when I was Awakened.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese memoirs record my life from infant to octogenarian; including traumas when my mother was widowed twice - father killed in action in World War II when I was five and stepfather struck by lightning and killed when I was twelve. Death continued as a part of living in my early adulthood when eldest child, Owen was killed age three in a household accident and favourite uncle Merle committed suicide. My employment in the 1960s included jug hustling at an oil exploration site in the middle of winter, article student with a firm of chartered accountants, then as a payroll clerk at a construction site at Pine Point Northwest Territories (hitchhiking out by bush plane with a view of the conifer forest seen through the floorboards of the bush plane). During my tenth year as a married man I became irresponsible and deserted my first wife and four children. The Australian phrase for that is \"gone walk about\". I call this my wilderness walk. No member of my family had any idea where I was for the next three years. Migration to New Zealand on a plane over the Pacific was the next stage of my wilderness walk, followed sixteen months later by a flight to Brisbane. I shared a taxi with an English lass to the Gold Coast after asking her \"Where and what's that?\" I soon found out, employed as a night auditor, frequently sleeping on the beach during my non-working daylight hours. Enjoy the read and discover how and when I was Awakened.","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51563082154271,"sku":"9780645371475","price":25.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780645371475_1602594.jpg?v=1769166260","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/awakened-the-aussie-with-a-funny-accent-616193","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}