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Surviving Maggie - An Australian Story

3.4/5 ( ratings)

“After 40 years of bookselling, this book punched holes in me. Like Angela′s Ashes, no one who reads this story will ever forget it.” – Phil Ryan.
Seeing actor Geoffrey Rush play his father, Harold, in the Australian film Swimming Upstream, which was written and co-produced by his brother, was the catalyst for John Fingleton to uncover his father’s story. He discovered that Harold was regularly beaten by his drunken and abusive mother, Maggie, until he was removed to an orphanage.
From abused child to rebellious orphan, larrikin street fighter to gifted sportsman, prisoner to alcoholic and finally a man transformed by the love of a woman, Harold Fingleton′s story is heartbreaking and powerful.

Language: English

Pages: 293

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 0732293596

ISBN 13: 9780732293598

Surviving Maggie - An Australian Story

3.4/5 ( ratings)

“After 40 years of bookselling, this book punched holes in me. Like Angela′s Ashes, no one who reads this story will ever forget it.” – Phil Ryan.
Seeing actor Geoffrey Rush play his father, Harold, in the Australian film Swimming Upstream, which was written and co-produced by his brother, was the catalyst for John Fingleton to uncover his father’s story. He discovered that Harold was regularly beaten by his drunken and abusive mother, Maggie, until he was removed to an orphanage.
From abused child to rebellious orphan, larrikin street fighter to gifted sportsman, prisoner to alcoholic and finally a man transformed by the love of a woman, Harold Fingleton′s story is heartbreaking and powerful.

Language: English

Pages: 293

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 0732293596

ISBN 13: 9780732293598

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