Dear All
You read the updates and now you can read the book. Below is an exerpt from an
advanced ad for Dool's book about the much-fated Big Twitch.
[23921] Dooley, Sean. The big twitch: one man, one continent and
a race against time - a true story about birdwatching. St
Leonards: 2005. Octavo, paperback, 336 pp. AU$27.00
This is the story of a quest to see 700 Australian birds in a year.
Sean Dooley has had quite a few successes under his belt and seems
reasonably well adjusted, but for some reason he's carried his
childhood hobby of birdwatching into his adult life. The cross he
bears, socially, is that he's a twitcher (an extreme form of
birdwatching where birders charge around the country trying to add
as many species of bird to their list as possible). After both his
parents died, he blew his inheritance on taking a year off to try
and see 700 birds in a year. He was determined to break the
Australian twitching record. Part confessional and part
travelogue, this is a true story about obsession. The characters
who populate the tale are weirdos, the action comes from the
pursuit of a dream and the attempt to break a national record.
I have just found what I want for Father's Day. If it is even half as good as
Dool's B-A updates, I'm having it.
Congratulations Sean. Hope sales take off once it is released.
It's about trying to work out what normal is and to find the
meaning of life. It's refreshingly original, it's poignant and
very amusing. FORTHCOMING, due October 2005.
Regards
John Harris
Environmental Education Officer
Donvale Christian College
155 Tindals Rd Donvale 3111
03 9844 2471
0409 090 955
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