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I can't help it if I'm a boring conservative dag, but I love
Christmas, always have and hopefully always will. Whatever brand of
faith you fly under, even if you proclaim you don't have one,
Christmas is a time of generosity, good citizenship and decency.
It's the holiday where shopping centres become a sea of dazed
shoppers bearing checklists as long as your arm, lunch is a
neverending buffet of prawns and ham and your electricity bill is
doubly struck by having to run the fan all day and keep those
decorative lights blinking through the night. William McInnes,
bestselling author of FATHERHOOD, WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA, and A
MAN'S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY tackles the silly season in a way only he
can - telling stories brimming with good humour and nostalgia, to
remind us what Christmas is all about: family.
William McInnes, one of Australia's best-known storytellers and
actors, has turned to a subject that is close to his heart.
Fatherhood is about family, about memories of his father and the
memories he's creating as a dad himself, with his own son and
daughter. Warm, witty and nostalgic, these tales are just like a
friendly chat over the back fence, or the banter of a backyard BBQ.
They will stir your own memories: of hot summer days and cooling
off under the sprinkler while Dad works in the garden with the
radio tuned to the sports results; that time Dad tried to teach you
to drive - and then got out of the car and kissed the ground; or
taking your own kids on a family road trip. Fatherhood is full of
memories: the happy, the hilarious, the sad, bad, and the
unexpectedly poignant moments. You will laugh, you may even cry -
but you will recognise yourself and those you love somewhere in
these pages.
From the photographer behind the acclaimed Westography The
sentiment that flows through these images is a balm to the
knowledge that time is passing and things will change - William
McInnes. Warren Kirk's photos will strike a chord with anyone who's
grown up in the Australian suburbs in the past 50 years. Somehow
both achingly familiar and unimaginably strange, these luminous
images continue his 30-year project of documenting a way of life
that is slowly disappearing, along with the people who lived it.
Taken with loving attention and considerable skill, and with the
utmost respect for the people and places that appear in them,
Kirk's photos of shops and houses, of gardens and lounge-rooms, of
people surrounded by the things they love, are beautifully
evocative and powerfully nostalgic.
William McInnes, one of Australia's best-known storytellers and
actors, has turned to a subject that is close to his heart.
Fatherhood is about family, about memories of his father and the
memories he's creating as a dad himself, with his own son and
daughter. Warm, witty and nostalgic, these tales are just like a
friendly chat over the back fence, or the banter of a backyard BBQ.
They will stir your own memories: of hot summer days and cooling
off under the sprinkler while Dad works in the garden with the
radio tuned to the sports results; that time Dad tried to teach you
to drive - and then got out of the car and kissed the ground; or
taking your own kids on a family road trip. Fatherhood is full of
memories: the happy, the hilarious, the sad, bad, and the
unexpectedly poignant moments. You will laugh, you may even cry -
but you will recognise yourself and those you love somewhere in
these pages.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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