Almost There My Paperback Book

Gerard Oosterman

ISBN 10: 0994581041 / ISBN 13: 9780994581044

Published by Gerard Oosterman, 2016

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 enoughThe 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Almost There My Paperback Book
• Publisher: Gerard Oosterman
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0994581041
• ISBN 13: 9780994581044
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 17D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 465 grams

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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.