Life's a Ball

This is the self told story of an average bloke who lives the second half of the 20th century - the early part of which was influenced greatly by the effects of the first half on his immediate family forebears. His fortunes fluctuate as Life's ball bounces one way then another. Wartime and post war childhood, bitter sweet teenage, schooling successes and abject failures, sexual and social awakening, sports, arriage, parenting, divorce, deaths, the swinging fortunes of work ethic, travel, remarriage - and life for ongoing living.Set in Wonthaggi, Sandringham, Brighton and St. Kilda in Melbourne, and then in Brisbane, Bribie Island and Goondiwindi, Queensland, the story may well typify the effects on family life influenced by political and peer (social) ressures of the time. Fascinating. Explicit. It is told to pass on the mistakes, the pleasures, the rewards, and perhaps knowledge to his Son, and to relative family children to give them all aninsight into their own formation through family influences over the 20th century and before it. Yet, the best is still to come . . .Plant, Richard is the author of 'Life's a Ball', published 2006 under ISBN 9781921118388 and ISBN 1921118385.