| Record Number |
863872 |
| ISBN |
9780143011347 (paperback) |
| Author |
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012 author. |
| Title |
Fishing for stars / Bryce Courtenay. |
| Publisher/Date |
Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin, 2010. |
| ©2008 |
| Pagination etc. |
599 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
Previously published: Viking, 2008. |
| Sequel to: The Persimmon tree. |
| Summary Note |
Nick Duncan is a semi-retired, wealthy shipping magnate who lives in idyllic Beautiful Bay, Vanuatu, where he is known as the old patriarch of the islands. He is grieving the loss of his beguiling Eurasian true love, Anna and is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to the Second World War, 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. |
| Subject |
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment -- Fiction |
| Interracial marriage -- Fiction |
| Wives -- Death -- Fiction |
| Businessmen -- Conduct of life -- Fiction |
| Added Author |
Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-2012 Persimmon tree. |
| Shelf Location |
F COUR |
