Please welcome Charles Irwin author of My Wonderful Wobbly Life
One randomly chosen winner via rafflecopter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.
My Wonderful Wobbly Life
by Charles Irwin
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GENRE: Memoir (Autobiography)
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INTERVIEW:
Do you have any tattoos? Where? When did you get it/them? Where are they on your body?
No.
Is your life anything like it was two years ago?
No.
How long have you been writing?
Since 8 am. this morning. Seriously, ever since I first was taught to write instead of print.
What advice would you give a new writer just starting out?
Make sure you know where you’re going and how you’ll get there. It is no use buying a bus ticket if the roads are blocked. Look for an alternative way of travelling to your destination. By following the herd, you will feed meagerly, but by blazing a new trail there is a feast waiting to be put before you.
Tell us something about your newest release that is NOT in the blurb.
‘Newest’ infers more than one. Not having more than one, it is not possible to tell you about something which doesn’t exist because I only have one.
BLURB:
Having survived quite a few birthdays and had some interesting experiences, I wrote them down. That's how "My Wonderful Wobbly Life" was conceived. It was nearly born in 2004, but decided to hang on until 2018 to become 'Born again' Alleluia!!!!
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EXCERPT:
Chapter 1 - SURVIVAL
“I’ve changed my mind! I’ve changed my mind! I don’twant to go.”
I have a vague memory of making this cry from a railway carriage as I was stolen from my parents by authoritarians.
I was five years old when the authorities decreed I had to be placed in a home for children. Their decision was final and all avenues of appeal against it were exhausted when my father, to soften the blow of parting, talked me into what he described as an adventure.
It was not until the train began to move and the realisation came I was leaving my parents forever, that I made my plaintive cry:
“I’ve changed my mind!”
When I arrived at the home my world changed, never to be the same again. My loving mother and my fun-filled father were gone and in their place were grown-ups I did not know. I did not understand what was going on. There were lots of crippled children, but why was I there with them? Okay, I couldn’t walk very far without falling over. I shook uncontrollably most of the time for no apparent reason. I couldn’t speak very clearly. But, I’d been like this all my life, for me it was normal. So, what was I doing here? “
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Charles was born in London U.K. in 1932. During his birth the forceps slipped, resulting in brain damage to the motor control nerves of his right side and causing total body spasticity. However, his intellect was not damaged. Throughout his life the two adversaries, controllable brain and semi-controllable body, always needed to be balanced. After several years of work and study he became a Chartered Production Engineer. In 1971 he emigrated to Australia and became a senior examiner in the Australian Patent office. This autobiography illustrates the rhyme: “He started to sing as he tackled the thing, That couldn’t be done - but he DID IT!” Charles chronicles his journey from useless to useful, with humour and joie de vie. He pays tribute to friends who only gave him help when it was asked for. At a young age he recognized his psychic abilities and, by using lessons at the end of each chapter, shares some insights with readers
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