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SEEKING HENRY IBD

CAROLYNNE SKINNER
PARHELION PRESS
08 / 2022
9780645546309
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Sinopsis

Young Henry had red hair, he was clever and adventurous. But mystery shrouds his life and so it is a granddaughterâÇÖs imagination which gives presence to Henry from his birth in 1865 in Sussex.áThe 1890s found Henry in âÇÖmarvellous MelbourneâÇÖ where notorious American balloonist Leila Adair (in fact Lillian Hawker from Mudgee) claimed they were married and that her children were HenryâÇÖs, but was this true? And surely Henry wasnâÇÖt also a ventriloquist!áTo New Zealand where Henry married, his business prospered and his reputation grew. Then he met Rose Anne. In 1915 they ran away to Japan before finally settling with their children in 1920s Sydney.áThe lives of Henry and his granddaughter touched briefly in 1944 and then Henry was gone.áNow it is the twenty-first century and she is the same age that Henry achieved, so is this the time for reflection? âÇÖIn search of Henry, will I also see myself?âÇÖáThe granddaughterâÇÖs tale is modern and painfully true. Of sailing across the world, as Henry did. The excitement of sixties London, work at the BBC, later to Baghdad, India, Burma and, finally, back home.áThree centuries are linked, describing an extraordinary world, turbulent times and how kindred are one.

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