{"product_id":"9781742235462","title":"A Fhrer for a Father","description":"Author: Jim Davidson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742235462\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 264\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\t \t \t \t\t\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I was written out of the family story. This book is my attempt to write myself, and my mother, back into it.'\u003c\/p\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eIn this singular memoir, historian and biographer Jim Davidson writes about his fraught relationship with his authoritarian and controlling father, whose South African background and time in Papua New Guinea and Fiji prompted his own post-war mini-empire of dominance. A manipulative and emotionally ferocious man, he rejects his son and creates a second family, shutting Jim out and eventually disinheriting him, but never really leaving him alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003eTraversing territory across Australia, South Africa, India, and London, this beautifully written book tells of a time of crushing conformity, sharply reminding us that some experiences can never be written out of our personal histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e'The book calls into question the popular myth that the family is a nurturing and loving place and reminds us, in timely fashion, that families can be destructive and dangerous environments. Davidson gives us a vivid and disturbing portrait of a family in which no one knows how to love properly.'\u003c\/p\u003e\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e- ALEX MILLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Fuhrer for a Father\u003c\/i\u003e review: Jim Davidson and surviving a tyrannical parent - Read the review in \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/a-fuhrer-for-a-father-review-jim-davidson-and-surviving-a-tyrannical-parent-20171012-gyzhy3.html\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839812128926,"sku":"ADS-9781742235462","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742235462.jpg?v=1778827204","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742235462","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}