A Long Way From Misery

Author: Jack Turner (University of Washington)

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  • : $5.00 AUD
  • : 9780994496300
  • : Crown Mountain Press
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  • : April 2016
  • : 210mm X 148mm X 17mm
  • : United States
  • : 21.95
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  • : Jack Turner (University of Washington)
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  • : English
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Description

Born in 1926, Jack lived in a different time, but the way he sees it, they were better days. He loved his childhood growing up with his many siblings on a farm called Misery, and retells it with delight. A Long Way from Misery takes you on a rollicking journey through the Australia of yesteryear with Jack Turner, the larrikin shearer, as he rescues his brother from being drowned by a kangaroo, rides a wild steer through the house, and leaps off a moving train. But these misadventures are nothing compared to his mother wielding a carving knife.