Dennis Milton Harrison

You Could Be Prime Minister One Day Son

Memoir of a Baby-Boomer

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Produktbeschreibung

Dennis is brutally honest, open and frank in this memoir. The big themes of family relationships, sense of spirituality and refusal to see himself as a victim are interweaved in the story and all told with great humour. The importance of male mentors to advance a boy into manhood can be observed as the story unfolds. Through their guiding hands and leadership wisdom is gained. Courage was gained in the craft of cricket taught to him under the tutelage of Uncle Ted who played one game for an Australian team against Jardine's bodyline side of 1932/33. As an opening batsman Uncle Ted taught him to respect but fervently dislike fast bowlers. His father and Aunt Joy worked for ASIO* and he called Ron Richards, the key player in the Petrov Affair, Uncle Ron. He was a bigger than life character that would refer to the young Dennis as 'the man that mastered Huntingdale.' The transitions between each phase of his growth are marked with dramatic events, namely abandonment by his mother, reunion with his mother, debilitating stroke of his wife and death of his best friend in dramatic circumstances. In the end love wins through. It is first learnt within the family and then spreads outward. That is the legacy that needs to be carried forward.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dennis Harrison T/A Denkat Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780648360506
• ISBN-10: 0648360504
• Artikelnr.: 53914544

Autorenporträt

I have had a 45-year career as a Geologist exploring and developing resources. My career was an exciting one which allowed me to mix with people from all walks of life. I was very lucky to ride the Australian resources boom and participated in a number of oil and gas discoveries. I rose through the ranks and built up over 36 years of experience in Australia's premier onshore oil and gas basin, the Cooper-Eromanga Basin. In my later years I was a consultant to the industry and because of my knowledge obtained and promoted acreage through my own private companies. I have been retired from my resources career for some five years now. My wife of 50 years Kathy and I decided to downgrade to an independent senior's living village called "The Village" at Coorparoo. Best decision we ever made. It is the beginning of a new life for us. We are both participating in Pilates, Yoga, gym work and dancing. I am teaching Tai Chi, active in the Variety group, choir and writing. I have always loved walking the roots of which were formed during my extensive field work years as a geologist. I have cut my teeth on poetry, short stories and a novella, all unpublished, and have completed my first book "You Could Be Prime Minister One Day Son - Memoir of a Baby-Boomer". The book has been six years in the making. I am interested in transformation, becoming, evolving into a new entity over time. Transformation can be an exhausting process of course but it sure beats stagnancy. I have experienced impermanence in my life attending four different secondary schools, being employed with nine different companies, self employed as a consulting and contract geologist for many more companies. Kathy and I have lived in six different houses in four different states of Australia. I have conducted field work in all states of Australia bar Tasmania and worked in New Guinea and New Zealand. Impermanence and change has become a Harrison family trait since that day in 1960 when my father decided to move from Perth to Melbourne. My fundamental motivation is to participate in creating a better world. My interests are family, health, ageing, psychology, philosophy, religion, travel, music, writing and the arts.