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Original Title:	A Fortunate Life
ISBN:	0140081674 (ISBN13: 9780140081671)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Western Australia(Australia)
Literary Awards:	New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction (1981), National Book Council Banjo Award for Non-Fiction (1981)

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This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with simple honesty, compassion and courage. A parentless boy who started work at eight on the rough West Australian frontier, he struggled as an itinerant rural worker, survived the gore of Gallipoli, the loss of his farm in the Depression, the death of his son in World War II and that of his beloved wife after sixty devoted years - yet he felt that his life was fortunate. Facey's life story, published when he was eighty-seven, has inspired many as a play, a television series, and an award-winning book that has sold over half a million copies.

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Title	:	A Fortunate Life
Author	:	Albert B. Facey
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 331 pages
Published	:	1981 by Penguin Books Australia Ltd
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Biography. Cultural. Australia. Classics. Autobiography. Memoir. History

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I picked up this by recommendation of my daughter, and the owner of Dymocks when spending a Christmas voucher. Excellent choice! I have to say this is a thoroughly thoughtfully told life story, of Albert Barnett Facey, an Australian born in 1894. The mere fact we are able to read the story of his remarkable life is testament to his hard work and tenacity; having taught himself to read and write. Albert had a hard life, being forced to work laboriously from age 9, working his little heart out for

Albert Facey was a storyteller. Australian born in the late 1800's, his mother abandoned him at just two years of age. From then on, he led a remarkable life from being farmed out at a young age (to cruel and kind families alike), working in agriculture and lifestock, serving during World War I at Gallipoli, surviving the Depression and the loss of a son during World War II. Facey often told these stories to his children, who begged him to write them down for future generations. As it happened,

A Fortunate Life is the only book written by Australian author, Albert Bernard Facey. The author recounts the events of his life from the late 19th century through to 1976. There are no literary devices employed: this is simple narration, the honest telling of a tale by a marvellous storyteller. What makes it such a great read is that it contains so many details of everyday life in an era devoid of the convenience of electronics, modern day appliances and fast, convenient travel and

This moving memoir, in plain, early 20th century Australian vernacular, was written by a man who was illiterate until his late teens, published when the author was in his eighties, and instantly acclaimed, bringing him national fame in the very last months of his life. It covers in detail an almost Dickensian childhood of poverty and enslavement across southern and western Australia from around the turn of the 20th century. Abandoned in infancy by his widowed mother to his grandmother, young

While in the second hand store looking for books to read during my month in Costa Rica I came across the memoir, A Fortunate Life. My idea was to read books while traveling around CR and then leave them in whatever city I finished them thus making more room available in my suitcase to bring home souvineers. After reading this book, no, reading is the wrong word ....um...living ...experiencing ...empathizing ...something like that, I have determined my life will have one less souvineer so that I

I can't be enthusiastic enough about this autobiography by Albert Facey. This is the kind of book that you read aloud to your kids when they are beginning to be bored with you reading to them. Albert Facey was born in 1894 in Australia. Abandoned by his mother at age 4, he was raised by his grandmother in the goldfields of western Australia. He was let out to work at age 8. Completely self taught, he was unflinchingly hard working. He escaped from drunken employers after they beat him with a

I know it sounds funny, or what you'd probably expect. However this book changed me, in many ways that I can't describe. Trying to explain what I mean, and think it puts things into perspective. That old phrase comes to mind - It could always be worse.I would recommend this book to everyone, and noone - because I want to keep the story for myself. In the end, it's brilliant, and will keep you reading.