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Overview
When Victor Kane left the States to start a new life in Australia, he was desperate to rid the memory of his evil and sadistic father. The land down under offered an appealing, prosperous future for the 24-year-old New Yorker.
Working on an island just off the Northern Territory mainland, Victor meets up with newcomer Sebastian Travena, a Frenchman from the Bordeaux region. The two men instinctively become friends and soon realise that they share the same dreams and aspirations...to buy property and start families of their own.
After years of labouring in a filthy manganese mine, Victor and Sebastian accumulate their savings and form a partnership to purchase land in picturesque Margaret River, Western Australia. As the son of a winemaker, Sebastian's knowledge of viticulture is second to none. Along with his American mate, the duo work tirelessly to transform the fertile soil into an award-winning, highly lucrative vineyard.
Together, they have it all; a loyal, trusting friendship, a successful business, and the love and support of their families. But despite their good fortune, Victor and Sebastian's dream comes at a high price. Their lives are fraught with despair and tragedy.
Respect and honesty between them has never been questioned ...until now. A shocking, life-changing secret tears their world, their dreams, and their families apart.
Captivating landscapes and character depictions place you right there in the settings. Vivid drama, love and loss scenarios are both gut-wrenching and inspiring. There's so much emotion at play, I couldn't put this book down! Joanna Basham - Avid reader.
Accompanied by the author's unique use of language, so wonderfully descriptive and thought provoking, 'Giants' captured my imagination entirely...I almost forgot it was fiction! This truly extraordinary story, super intelligent by design, is a 'must read' for all. Dr Katina Koukourou BMBS, FRACGP - Lifestyle Medical Margaret River.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780646807713 |
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| Publisher: | Danielle Lisa Clarke |
| Publication date: | 10/21/2019 |
| Pages: | 582 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.18(d) |
About the Author
In spite of ill health and a plethora of obstacles, Patricia Cashmore wrote 'her Giants' in the background of her life for over 20 years. Being an award-winning chef and restaurant owner in Perth Western Australia, raising 2 girls and married to an unfaithful husband, shockingly in 1989 Patricia was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and given 2-3 years to live. Shortly after the couple divorced her lungs began to wane. During the 90's, requiring the assistance of oxygen tanks to breathe, the proverbial tick commenced its crescendo. Patrica soldiered on into the millennium, and in 2004 miraculously she survived a double lung transplant. Highly regarded amongst her peers as an intelligent entrepreneurial epicurean and award-winning artist, despite Patricia enduring such despair in her life she always remained positive. With her new lungs enabling her to forge on, she challenged herself with several other projects and continued writing for another 13 years. In was in May 2017 when Patricia's health took a turn for the worst. Suffering a series of fatal strokes, within a few months, her brilliant mind was lost and tragically she passed away August that year.
Whereas Patricia only shared snippets of 'her Giants' to her youngest daughter over the years, Danielle understood the magnitude of importance the story was to her. With it far from complete, after her mother's passing, weeks starring at her mother's computer, she decided to take on the massive task of completing her mother's work. Starting from the beginning, paying particular attention to retain her mother's style and use of language, Danielle, along with her intimate knowledge of Southwest Regional Australia, melded hers and her mother's narrative together. And it's in 'their' unique collaboration that this tale has been described as 'a seamless work of art'.
Danielle, creative and determined not unlike her mother, has lived in Margaret River since 2008 with her husband of 14 years. A well respected trades woman and musician in her community, Danielle states that whereas the process of broadening her mother's vision has stirred a diverse array of emotion in her , equally it has presented her with great reward. For not only has she gained an unfathomable insight into the person her mother was, the experience alone has ignited her spirit and unleashed a passion for story-telling within her, one she thought she never had. "Forever in debt to Michelle Holyhead, Managing director and Chief Editor of The Book Studio Bli Bli Qld Aust, without her, this book would never have happened." Danielle Clarke xx