Tom - Bunbury, Greg
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Tom tells the story of growing up in Sydney from the depression of the 1930s to the 1950s. The story follows Tom Donnelly from around eight years of age, living in a Redfern tenement in the 1930s, through years in an orphanage, then boarding houses, finally a bed-sitter in an old house in Darlinghurst, by which time he is about 22 and ready to tackle an uncertain future. Over the years, Tom struggles to find himself and, serially, to forget where he has been, what has happened to him, closing it all out until unexpectedly he is thrust back into it and he at last emerges from the small dark…mehr

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Tom tells the story of growing up in Sydney from the depression of the 1930s to the 1950s. The story follows Tom Donnelly from around eight years of age, living in a Redfern tenement in the 1930s, through years in an orphanage, then boarding houses, finally a bed-sitter in an old house in Darlinghurst, by which time he is about 22 and ready to tackle an uncertain future. Over the years, Tom struggles to find himself and, serially, to forget where he has been, what has happened to him, closing it all out until unexpectedly he is thrust back into it and he at last emerges from the small dark room of his mind and memory into sunshine, free of the past he has faced, even with some humour and with love.
Autorenporträt
Greg Bunbury was born in Sydney in 1930. He had a hard start in life, being raised in an orphanage in the west. He never let anything get him down. He had a distinguished career in the public service where he was ultimately appointed as President and Chief Executive of the NSW State Superannuation Board. Greg was awarded the Order of Australia in 1982 for services to Superannuation. He was also a writer, having various plays published on stage and television. Greg was married to his beloved wife, June, and they had three children. Jude, Sara and Luke. Jude was tragically killed in a car accident in 1984. Greg died suddenly in August 2017, shortly after Austin Macauley agreed to publish 'Tom'. Sara and Luke wanted 'Tom' to be published posthumously in his memory.