Author: Todd Alexander
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925184560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
His whole life has been a fantasy. Who is Tom Houghton? As a boy growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Tom Houghton escapes the harshness of the schoolyard by cocooning himself in the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood. When he discovers that his favourite actress, Katharine Hepburn, modelled herself on her brother, Thomas Houghton Hepburn, Tom sinks deeper into his fantasy life. Determined to reveal his true identity to the world, Tom is propelled on a torturous path with disastrous consequences. Almost thirty years later, Tom is offered an acting role at a festival in Scotland. With the rigours of his past finally catching up with him, fantasy and reality struggle for control and Tom finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. ‘A wonderful, touching coming-of-age novel that is raw, confronting and tender at the same time.’ Better Reading ‘As tragic, confronting, hilarious and utterly true as the best of Matt Nable and Christos Tsiolkas.’ Books and Publishing ‘Written with enormous humanity and skill, and the characters spring off the page.’ Ann Turner, author of The Lost Swimmer
Tom Houghton
Author: Todd Alexander
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925184560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
His whole life has been a fantasy. Who is Tom Houghton? As a boy growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Tom Houghton escapes the harshness of the schoolyard by cocooning himself in the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood. When he discovers that his favourite actress, Katharine Hepburn, modelled herself on her brother, Thomas Houghton Hepburn, Tom sinks deeper into his fantasy life. Determined to reveal his true identity to the world, Tom is propelled on a torturous path with disastrous consequences. Almost thirty years later, Tom is offered an acting role at a festival in Scotland. With the rigours of his past finally catching up with him, fantasy and reality struggle for control and Tom finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. ‘A wonderful, touching coming-of-age novel that is raw, confronting and tender at the same time.’ Better Reading ‘As tragic, confronting, hilarious and utterly true as the best of Matt Nable and Christos Tsiolkas.’ Books and Publishing ‘Written with enormous humanity and skill, and the characters spring off the page.’ Ann Turner, author of The Lost Swimmer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925184560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
His whole life has been a fantasy. Who is Tom Houghton? As a boy growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Tom Houghton escapes the harshness of the schoolyard by cocooning himself in the cinema of the golden age of Hollywood. When he discovers that his favourite actress, Katharine Hepburn, modelled herself on her brother, Thomas Houghton Hepburn, Tom sinks deeper into his fantasy life. Determined to reveal his true identity to the world, Tom is propelled on a torturous path with disastrous consequences. Almost thirty years later, Tom is offered an acting role at a festival in Scotland. With the rigours of his past finally catching up with him, fantasy and reality struggle for control and Tom finds himself questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. ‘A wonderful, touching coming-of-age novel that is raw, confronting and tender at the same time.’ Better Reading ‘As tragic, confronting, hilarious and utterly true as the best of Matt Nable and Christos Tsiolkas.’ Books and Publishing ‘Written with enormous humanity and skill, and the characters spring off the page.’ Ann Turner, author of The Lost Swimmer
Shire Horse Stud Book
Author: Shire Horse Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horses
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horses
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publications
Author: Niagara Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Niagara (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Niagara (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The War Diaries of General David Watson
Author: Geoffrey Jackson
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 177112508X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The diary of David Watson, who rose through the officer ranks to command one of the four divisions in the Great War, is an exceptional document that details with candid insight the responsibilities of senior command and shows the talent required to rise through the CEF to divisional command. The only published diary of a Canadian who held this rank in the last two (critical) years of the war, it focuses on the evolution of military leadership and associated challenges that Watson (and his peers) faced during the Great War. It recounts how he navigated not only the military battlefield in France and Belgium but also the political battlefield of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and larger British Expeditionary Force. The divisional commanders played a central role in the Corps’ transformation into a first-rate professional army, a transformation that coincided with Watson’s tenure at the 4th Division. Major-General David Watson’s personal accounts offer valuable insights into the innermost workings of the Canadian Corps at various stages during the war and in particular its emergence as an elite fighting force and the pride of a nation
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 177112508X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The diary of David Watson, who rose through the officer ranks to command one of the four divisions in the Great War, is an exceptional document that details with candid insight the responsibilities of senior command and shows the talent required to rise through the CEF to divisional command. The only published diary of a Canadian who held this rank in the last two (critical) years of the war, it focuses on the evolution of military leadership and associated challenges that Watson (and his peers) faced during the Great War. It recounts how he navigated not only the military battlefield in France and Belgium but also the political battlefield of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and larger British Expeditionary Force. The divisional commanders played a central role in the Corps’ transformation into a first-rate professional army, a transformation that coincided with Watson’s tenure at the 4th Division. Major-General David Watson’s personal accounts offer valuable insights into the innermost workings of the Canadian Corps at various stages during the war and in particular its emergence as an elite fighting force and the pride of a nation
Year Book ... with Announcements
Author:
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Category : Mining schools and education
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mining schools and education
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
House documents
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : CD-ROMs
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton, Ontario
Author:
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Category : Lambton (Ont. : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lambton (Ont. : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Memoirs of Old Harvard Days
Author: Frederick Schillow Savage
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harvard (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harvard (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Complete Newgate Calendar
Author: John L. Rayner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description