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A Fortunate Life

By: A.B. Facey
Narrated by: Roger Cardwell
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Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. It is the story of a life lived to the full - the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man.

©1981 Albert B. Facey (P)2005 Bolinda Publishing Historical

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so pleased we chose this for our book group discussion it is fantastic and so peaceful

amazing

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I love this so much! It is so simple but that's what makes it so beautiful!!

Fantastic!

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A great story of a persons resilience throughout their life. Would highly recommend this book.

A great story of a person's resilience

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What a privilege to have shared this wonderful journey through a fortunate life with a real true gentle man

The narrator had me spellbound from the first page

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Was a wonderful story of true determination and love of the Australian outback - a real true blue aussie guy

amazing story of early WA

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I like the authentic Aussie accent , read so heartwarmingly . This is a must read book .

This amazing man’s life was anything g but fortunate yet he saw the best in everyone

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Extremely well written, what an incredible man. Thanks to men and women like him and his family.

The courage and the determination of ordinary folk.

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I knew parts of this story, but the first time I have read/listened to the book in full. Simply, and beautifully written; I listened to it in just two days.

My only (very slight!) criticism of the performance is the mispronounciation of some place names, as a local would say: Narrogin, Albany, Mundaring.... I found myself saying them aloud every time they were said. Apart from this it was beautifully read and performed.

A wonderful, heartfelt story about a genuine man

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Absolutely incredible story, written and spoken so well. Core moments in his life and WA were amazing to read.

What a story!!!

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