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1. Bernard Salt
I am delighted to advise that my new book The Big Picture: Life, Work and Relationships in the 21st Century has been launched. The new book is now in bookshops (RRP$29.95). The new book considers the way in which life, work and relationships are being transformed as the baby boomers hand over the levers of cultural power to the Xers. A press
release and excerpts can be viewed at http://www.bernardsalt.com.au/.
Kind regards, Bernard Salt

2. A Boomer story about early migrants.....

It is 1966. A young English migrant arrives alone in Australia seeking a new life. In a Sydney boarding house live many boys like him. Some are migrants from all over the world while others are Australian drawn to the 'big smoke' for work and experience.

The English boy quickly finds work and fits into the daily routine of the house; working, eating, sleeping and waiting for the weekend.

On Saturdays the boys go out exploring, dancing, looking for girls. They roam Kings Cross.

The Cross is a hive of nightclubs, strip joints and eateries. It is full of exotic people and its history of danger goes back a hundred years. Long a haven for sailors on shore leave it is now flushed with a new breed - US Servicemen on R&R from Vietnam.

The world is changing and change is catching up 'down under'. Some change is small and annoying, pounds to dollars. Others seem small but have greater impact. The first Australian soldiers to serve in Vietnam are coming home. Not home to a heroes welcome as their grandfathers and fathers did but to antiwar demonstrations and abuse as they march through the streets.

Each boy in the House has a story to tell and share. But soon after his arrival the English boy sees them start to leave. They find new jobs, go home happy or disillusioned. Some new faces take their place but only for a few weeks. The House begins to empty and the English boy is soon without companions. He still finds his new home strange and confusing not what he expected.
The Boarding House by Derek Smith
(http://members.optusnet.com.au/~clipstone) Equilibrium Books 2006 RRP
$24.95

 

 
 
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