A Simpler Time: A Memoir of Love, Laughter, Loss and Billycarts

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By Peter FitzSimons

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Details

Release date NZ

July 1st, 2010

Author

Peter FitzSimons

Pages

384

Dimensions (mm)

232x153x28

Country of Publication

Australia

Imprint

HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

ISBN-13

9780732288044

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Product ID

6247522

Description

It still amazes me what they they allowed us to do without their supervision or help. Climb trees, from the age of four or five? No problems. Drive the tractor from the age of six or seven onwards? Good luck to you.

Peter FitzSimons' account of growing up on the rural outskirts of Sydney, in the 1960s is first and foremost a tribute to family. But it is also a salute to times and generations past, when praise was understated but love unstinting; work was hard and values clear; when people stood by each other in adversity. Above all, in the FitzSimons home, days were for doing. In this rollicking and often hilarious memoir, Peter describes a childhood of mischief, camaraderie, eccentric characters, drama - and constant love and generosity. The childhood of a simpler time.