A Man's Got To Have A Hobby. Long Summers With My Dad

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hodder And Stoughton
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: Reprint

Description: 281 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Is A Look Back At The Life Of Colin McInnes, Handyman, Father Of Five, And Habitual Stubbie Wearer, And His Wife, Iris, Lover Of Shopping Centre Openings, Volkswagens And Dean Martin.

Publishers Description: William McInnes - star of Sea Change and Blue Heelers - is also a talented writer and a natural storyteller. William is a tail-end baby boomer and he recalls summer holidays that seemed to go on forever, when he and his mates would walk down to fish in the bay, a time when the Aussie battler stood as the local Labor candidate and watched out for his mates, and a time when the whole family would rush into the lounge room to watch a new commercial on TV. He writes about his father - a strong character who talks to the furniture, dances with William's mother in the kitchen, and spends his free time fixing up the house and doing the best for his family. In William's writing you can hear his father speaking, listen to his mother singing, and his sisters and brothers talking in the yard. This is a book about people who aren't famous but should be. It's about cane toads and families, love and hope and fear, laughter, death and life. Most of all, it is a realistic, down-to-earth book by a man who had a great time growing up. His warmth and humour come through on every page.

ISBN: 9780733619465