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I Didn't Do It My Way Either
Hardcover
Entertainment & Performing Arts
ISBN13: 9781514446218
Publisher: Xlibris Au
Published: Oct 21 2016
Pages: 794
Weight: 2.89
Height: 1.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
REVISED 2023 EDITION
I DIDN'T DO IT MY WAY EITHER
To understand this extraordinary coming-of-age story, the reader is taken on a surprising journey into the making of modern Chile-a country that deserves to be far better known beyond its borders. The White Selective Immigration Law of 1845 transformed the nation through successive waves of European settlers, while remarkable, eccentric and sometimes controversial men and women helped shape its identity. Against this backdrop, a curious boy with Celtic roots grows up in the bustling port city of ValparaÃso, determined to uncover the truth and dispense justice-even when it means interrogating a bewildered uncle dressed as Santa Claus or punishing another for shooting his own cat with blanks.
As a largely benign society gradually darkens, his larger-than-life father leaves the Navy under bizarre circumstances to become a beloved radio personality, champion of the poor and serial dreamer. Colourful relatives, storytellers, gay friends beyond criticism, earthquakes, wrestling spectacles, impossible business ventures and repeated brushes with death fill his extraordinary childhood. Yet beneath the absurdity lies a restless search to understand people, history, God and the mystery of Infinity. Through it all, a refined Spanish grandfather quietly shapes the boy's character.
Years later, after becoming Chile's youngest published cartoonist, political turmoil shatters his dreams. Love, poverty, an unexpected pregnancy and a desperate gamble lead him, his young wife and baby to Australia under the Assisted Passage scheme.
Opening amid the turmoil of Chile's 1973 coup and ending with a dying father's extraordinary final gift, this candid, ironic and deeply human memoir spans three continents and half a century. Rich in humour, resilience, loss and unforgettable characters, it is ultimately a story about family, migration, reinvention-and about how the tides of history shape every life.
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