Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The wet weather read!!

And what else is there to do? Read a good book and let the storming outside your window blow itself out. But not without the expected power cut...it'll never happen to me...so she thinks...she doesn't live in those suburbs...not since the mega generator has been installed at the top of her street! No never!! Never? Well maybe...and what's wrong with lying in the dark for hours...the open book beside you...waiting....waiting...and without warning...sleep returns. But not for long! Why? Because the power is restored and the security door alarm lets you know...at 3.30 am? So why complain?
 'Worse things happen at Sea'
 Too right they do. And with great pleasure I continue to read my $9.00 bargain picked up at the local newsagent.
William McInnes and Sarah Watt let the reader in to their life unrestrained with home truths and full of amusement. So there is more to your writing besides cricket William? There sure is. And what if the creative life of Sarah Watt has been cut short I won't rest till I've experienced your contributions...'Look Both Ways'...'Unfinished Sky'...'My Year Without Sex'. The Children's book 'Clem Always Could' no doubt is full of good philosophy.And to have your work in the permanent collection at MOMA, New York is definitely something to be proud of.
Sarah Watt died on November 4 2011, a month after this book was published.
The Canberra Times put it succinctly and it was before this wet weather hit us...'If you could use some inspiration to seize the day, this lovely book could be for you'.
And a more true 'Australian' character study of life in Australia is yours.

1 comment:

  1. I am a massive fan of the lives and work of William McGuiness and Sarah Watt. Last Christmas--or was it the one before--I bought copies of WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA for nearly everyone. My Christmas gift this year from son and family was a signed copy of the new WM book HOLIDAYS.

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