Our Father Who Wasn't There (SC, 2010)

Format: Softcover ISBN: 9781921640254 Author: David Carlin Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd Publication Date: 2010 Number of Pages: 225 Language: English Weight (gm): 320 ---------- Book Condition / Grade: VG+ ---------- Description: A masterfully rendered memoir, this account weaves bits of truth and fiction in an attempt to tell the life story of Brian Carlin, the authors father. In 1960s conservative Western Australia, Carlin commits suicide, resulting in his son Davids yearning to conjure up his father and uncover the series of events that led to his death. Piecing together Carlins tale from medical records, faltering memories, and imagined scenarios including bouts of undergraduate bohemia in late-1940s Perth, a damaging undertow of electric-shock therapy, insulin comas, and whispered wartime events this narrative underscores issues associated with mental illness and family burdens.

Our Father Who Wasn't There (SC, 2010)

Format: Softcover

ISBN: 9781921640254

Author: David Carlin

Publisher: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd

Publication Date: 2010

Number of Pages: 225

Language: English

Weight (gm): 320

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Book Condition / Grade: VG+

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Description: A masterfully rendered memoir, this account weaves bits of truth and fiction in an attempt to tell the life story of Brian Carlin, the authors father. In 1960s conservative Western Australia, Carlin commits suicide, resulting in his son Davids yearning to conjure up his father and uncover the series of events that led to his death. Piecing together Carlins tale from medical records, faltering memories, and imagined scenarios including bouts of undergraduate bohemia in late-1940s Perth, a damaging undertow of electric-shock therapy, insulin comas, and whispered wartime events this narrative underscores issues associated with mental illness and family burdens.

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