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Fishing for Stars

Written by: Bryce Courtenay
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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Simultaneous release of the sequel to the best-selling The Persimmon Tree.

Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia, where he is known as the old patriarch of the islands. He is grieving the loss of his beautiful Eurasian wife, Anna, and is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to WWII, the scene of their first meeting and early love. His other wartime lover is the striking Marg Hamilton, a powerful and influential political player in Australia who has remained close to Nick. Marg suspects Nick is suffering the onset of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and organises for a specialist to meet with him in Sydney. But when they meet, Tony Freedman stirs long-buried emotions in Nick and the two men don't hit it off.

Nick leaves in an explosion of anger and finds himself in hospital after being hit by a car. Tony visits and encourages Nick to write as a form of therapy - to write about Anna. So he sets about writing about the woman who has inspired him since his late teens, and in doing so draws us into the compelling tale of the life he has lived post war-hero days building a shipping empire, navigating international corruption, supporting his wife's third-world education crusade and loving the women who inspire him. Set in the exotic locale of the spice islands during the excitement of post-war prosperity and possibility, and driven by strong, colourful characters, this book is truly epic in scope. Is it possible for a man to love two women?

©2013 Christine Courtenay; 2008 Bryce Courtenay (P)2008 Bolinda Publishing

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Astounding performance by Humphrey Bower

I am astounded by this book's close relationship with actual historical events. Bryce Courtenay winds his characters cleverly into factual accounts and makes our understanding clearer through the differing points of view of Anna and Marg. But although I have read these books previously, listening to the performance of Humphrey Bower made the characters and events more memorable, particularly when the characters had Japanese names. He is able to cleverly give each their own voice, no matter the nationality, or even mood of the character. For example, Anna's voice and accent changed when she was upset, and evolved as she became more accomplished in English. The story spans several decades, and even though the protagonist, Nick, is a less likeable character, in my view, there was a lot to be learned and understood through his point of view. An epic!

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