Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #288497 in Books
• Published on: 1985-04-30
• Binding: Paperback
• 348 pages

Customer Reviews

A fantastic true story of a life in the Aussie outback.
An amazing true story covering the extraordinary life of a orphan growing up in the Austrailian outback. This is a story of courage, hardship, humour and the strength of the human sprit. Unschooled Facey wrote his life story in touchingly modest way. A book everyone should read.

An outstanding book
'A Fortunate Life' is one of those rare books that you start reading, and then end up pacing yourself because you don't want it to end. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about each stage of Facey's difficult life, and felt very humbled by the fact that despite so much adversity, he considered himself to have been fortunate. You will laugh as much as you'll cry when you read this book; I absolutely loved it.

A remarkable story of a lucky life
Surviving hardship and adversity, a cave-in while at the bottom of an outback well, the Gallipoli Landings, and being lost in the outback for a week as a boy, surviving by chewing grass - Bert's early life was a charmed and wonderful adventure that makes compelling reading. My only disappointment was his bleak atheistic conclusions as an old man, after all he'd survived/been spared. That aside it's a riveting read and a fascinating window back into the golden age of Pioneer Australia. Highly recommended! An Australian Classic deserving of a place in any Oz fans library.