{"product_id":"almost-there-fragments-of-a-restless-life-9780994581020","title":"Almost There: Fragments Of A Restless Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gerard Oosterman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: 978-0-9945810-2-0\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: 978-0-9945810-2-0\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"978-0-9945810-2-0","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780521443479,"sku":"9780994581020","price":1192.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780994581020.webp?v=1778045899","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/almost-there-fragments-of-a-restless-life-9780994581020","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}