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'At the age of 21, James Dack found himself alone and responsible for raising his younger brother Stephen when their loving mother lost a long battle with cancer. Long estranged from their abusive and alcoholic father, the pair were soon homeless and sleeping on the floor of the gym at the local Police Citizens Youth Club.
'This is the powerful story of the brothers' struggle to survive the often brutal culture of the inner-city public housing estates they called home and find their places in the world - James as a real estate millionaire and Steve, after battling alcoholism, as a criminal lawyer - without going far from the neighbourhood that shaped them.
'It's also a story of loyalty, to each other, their heartland Woolloomooloo in Sydney, and most of all, to the memory of their mother whose love was always the compass that ensured they kept their bearings.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Works about this Work
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Boys' Own Backstreet Adventure
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 July 2010; (p. 36)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
Intimate Textures
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 322 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 May 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography ; Living Memory 2003 single work autobiography -
The Little Battlers : A Fight for Survival on the Streets of the 'Loo
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 2010; (p. 4)
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Non-Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 15 May 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography ; Living Memory 2003 single work autobiography -
Books
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 May 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
Intimate Textures
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 322 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
Boys' Own Backstreet Adventure
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 10-11 July 2010; (p. 36)
— Review of Sunshine and Shadow : A Brothers' Story 2010 single work autobiography -
The Little Battlers : A Fight for Survival on the Streets of the 'Loo
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 April 2010; (p. 4)
- Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Woolloomooloo, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- ca. 1960-2000