{"product_id":"lewis-woolston-the-everlasting","title":"LEWIS WOOLSTON - THE EVERLASTING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLewis Woolston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egrew up in a small beach bum town in Western Australia. He hated it and left as soon as he could.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe misspent most of his youth in Perth and Adelaide, did a short and miserable stint in the Army, then spent years living and working on remote roadhouses on the Nullarbor and in the Northern Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe now lives in Port Lincoln with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a short story collection about life and lives in remote Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI once drank metho for so long I had a fit, shat blood and nearly died and it was less painful than listening to that bullshit.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eViva Adelaide!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLife was a pilgrimage to joy, she was certain of this, at least she wanted to be certain of this.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Mass in Smoky Bay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps he simply weighed up the benefits of being clean and found them wanting.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Bradfield’s Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf I had to grow up in Whyalla I’d be angry at the world too, she thought.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs Far as Cultana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom warriors to wage slaves, the decline of Western Civilization in a nutshell.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCareer Advice from an Old Sailor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI thought my status as an Afghanistan veteran mattered. Did it fuck.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eViva Adelaide!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey had adsorbed that fundamentalist mentality which teaches that life is a trial to be endured on behalf of a stern but loving God and one pleases this God most by cutting all joy, fun and laughter out of life.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Only Teacher Who Ever Reached Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was happy with my life, something I never would have predicted when I was younger.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You’re a bit weird sometimes, Uncle Jack.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrothers, Cousins and Nieces\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy would anything good happen? This is Adelaide!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eViva Adelaide!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was one of his often repeated phrases whenever he seemed to be living good or scoring one off the system. “Gawd bless the Australian Taxpayer,” he’d say, as if they’d personally handed him a big cheque or a cold beer.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou’ll Always Remember Fremantle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles had felt the end of his working life like a man losing a limb. Turned out there wasn’t much to him once you took away the getting up and going to the office every day.\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Mass in Smoky Bay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You say that like it’s a prison sentence, “Modbury”, just a lump of a word. Surely, it’s not that bad, is it?”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eViva Adelaide!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I don’t think you read music magazines, I think you study them, I think you dream of the day you get interviewed by one of them.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Only Teacher Who Ever Reached Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI remember the despair at being forced to waste my youth on ancient Biblical nonsense.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe despised the managers who thought they’d achieved something by climbing up one rung on the ladder.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNight Shift Laughs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClarky thinks of this often. 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