An Early Boomer

Résumé du livre

David Murray has lived a far-from-ordinary life. His autobiography spans the 'Baby Boomer? years from 1946 to the present day. Born 'pre-Boomer? in 1945, he relates a life in Australian history that saw some of the greatest social changes, when teenagers experienced a freedom that will never come again. A time when growing up meant climbing trees, letting off fire crackers and accepting punishment for wrongful actions. When young men were forced to fight in the Vietnam War and return home to find no emotional support for the horrors they had witnessed.With his ability to capture the people and the era with honest simplicity, the author encourages the reader to keep turning the pages. This is a book that today?s youth, in their world of advanced technology and rigid regulations, will find interesting as they discover the simple things that children and young adults got up to not so very long ago. And of course the Baby Boomers themselves, a 'rather self-indulgent lot?, will enjoy reminiscing on their lives as they enter retirement.