A Fortunate Destiny

Name: A Fortunate Destiny
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Author: Graeme Bourke
ISBN: 9780463640852

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Graeme Bourke

Bluewater
Paru le : 03/11/2018

The reader meets our two main characters on a cold wet night on a fog covered bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Cherie Chambers is struggling with life... > Lire la suite

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The reader meets our two main characters on a cold wet night on a fog covered bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Cherie Chambers is struggling with life having been dumped by her boyfriend which has also left her singing career in tatters. She meets Kyle Benson, a mercenary on leave in Melbourne. He invites her for a coffee in a nearby café where he brokers a deal with the manager to hire Cherie as a singer.
Then he leaves, not even telling Cherie his name. It is here that Cherie's singing career takes off and she is offered the chance for a singing tour to Vietnam to entertain the troops. She agrees, as her brother and two of his friends are there. On arriving in Vietnam she spots Kyle Benson boarding a helicopter. She then finds out he is a mercenary, a soldier of fortune. They meet and spend the night together.
Kyle Benson joins the Australian Army as an adviser after his mercenary group is disbanded. His plan is keep an eye on Cherie's brother and his companions, to make sure that they survive and go home. The platoon is involved in a fire fight and Cherie's brother and his companions are wounded, Kyle Benson sees to their escape and then disappears into the jungle. Four years on and Cherie has a daughter, Kyle Benson is the father.
Her brother and his two companions are still suffering the effects of the war, until the truth finally comes out about Kyle Benson, about who he really was. It is then that they begin a search to find him and let him know about his daughter, about Cherie, who is suffering because she feels as if she is to blame for everything that has happened to him.

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Date de parution : 03/11/2018
Editeur : Bluewater
ISBN : 978-0-463-64085-2
EAN : 9780463640852
Format : ePub

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Biographie de Graeme Bourke

In 1985 Graeme took up fly fishing in Tasmania and during this journey he kept a diary which was used to produce his first non-fiction book "Come Fly Fish With Me, " which has now been published as an ebook. This book received wide acclaim from the fly fishing fraternity. He then completed a correspondence course on writing and began writing articles for sporting and travel magazines. In 2008 he published his second book on fishing "If Only The World Would Go Fishing." This book is no longer available having been sold out.
His main ambition was to write fiction, so in 2010 he published "Hawkins' Grove" which has also been converted to an ebook. "Come fly fish with Me" and "Hawkin's Grove" are available in hard copy from "Window on the World" bookshop in Ulverstone, Tasmania. Mountain Pride, The Ghost Ship, The Gates of Hell and The House of Dreams are only available as ebooks. In June of 2014 Graeme uploaded the first book in his trilogy "The Orphan and the Shadow Walker: The feedback has been very positive.
Sales from the second and third book have been encouraging. "An Ancient Warrior" is his most recent fiction novel. Graeme writes book reviews for a local newsletter and from the these he has compiled the best of these reviews so If you are looking for a book to read he guarantees you will find something here. He has just published a new book called "A Fortunate Destiny, " a love story set in the early seventies around the trauma of the Vietnam War.
"Tears in Thailand" has now been published. This is a true story telling of Graeme's journey in Thailand, his experiences and emotions as he enjoys the land of smiles. Read his excerpt on the blog, of his separation from his partner in Thailand because of the Corona virus. Copies also available at Window on the World book store in Ulverstone, Tasmania. Critics have praised his work and even compared it to be the equal to anything that is out there.