Worse things happen at sea (edition 2011)

by William McInnes, Sarah Watt

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Member:	Fliss88
Title:	Worse things happen at sea
Authors:	William McInnes
Other authors:	Sarah Watt
Info:	Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2011.
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Tags:	Autobiography, Family, Memoir, Australian

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William McInnes writes great books! I enjoy his friendly easy style, and I love the way he makes me feel. I'm sure talking to him in person would be like talking to your best friend. The text is down to earth and flows easily from one subject to another. The chapters written by Sarah hit a part of me that really connected. This book has been an absolute pleasure to read, my only complaint..... I'd have loved to have seen more of Sarah's photos. (

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. AUSTRALIAN. In William s first book A MAN S GOT TO HAVE A HOBBY he wrote about family life in the 1960s with humour, affection and honesty. WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA will do the same for family life in 2000s; written in a way that many Australians can relate to and enjoy.Accompanied by intimate family photos taken by Sarah that are sometimes hilarious, and sometimes beautiful, William and Sarah write about family life, children, love and friendships, and about cancer. Recently, Sarah was diagnosed with a recurrance of her breast cancer, first diagnosed whilst in post production on LOOK BOTH WAYS in 2004. She says: Advanced cancer can bring even the least analytical of us to wonder what the heck it s all been for. The glass half full looks back at life if it were a photo album, full of happy smiles, birthdays and holidays. The glass half emptied remembers the smiles are people saying cheese, the disasters that have preceded or followed on from the click of the shutter.… (more)

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