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Irene Waters
Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Book Review
If you like humour, history and a bit of serenditpity mixed with characters that you’d like to believe were fantasy but you know people like them so you are willing to believe then you’d more than likely enjoy this delightful … Continue reading
The Fireborn: A book Review
A cruise allowed me to catch up on a few of the many books on my reading list and I have to say I’m happy I had the opportunity to read fellow blogger, Trent McDonald’s The Fireborn. Although the genre is … Continue reading
The Alchemist: A Book Review
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho I thought was a delightful read and am not surprised that it has a following and sold 150 million copies world wide. . It combined myth, parable, magic, wisdom and dreams in one small package … Continue reading
No Great Mischief: A Book Review
A beautifully written family story that spans three generations of the McDonald clan both in Scotland and after their immigration to Nova Scotia. Alice Munro says of No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod “You will find scenes from this majestic … Continue reading
Fifty Shades of Grey: A Book Review
I had no idea what this book was about when I saw it in the U3A library and picked it out to read. I had listened to conversations at the university that spoke of badder than bad writing and so … Continue reading
Can You Hear Me: Book Review
“In the summer of 1978, the summer I met Anna Trabuio, my father took a girl into the woods.” Doesn’t the first line of Can you hear me? by Elena Varvello make you want to read on? When my husband … Continue reading
East of the Mountains: A Book Review
What I found particularly interesting about East of the Mountains by David Guterson was that from the very beginning we knew that the character Dr Ben Givens, suffering from bowel cancer, was going home with his dogs to hunt birds … Continue reading
The Dry : A Book Review
This is the debut novel written by Jane Harper won the Victorian premier’s unpublished manuscript award in 2015 and the British Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger award for the best crime novel of the year. It was not unexpected then … Continue reading
On the Edge of a Raindrop: A Book Review
From the title to the last page this is a book of words skilfully put together to create powerful images from the darker side of the mind. This has similarities to the raindrop that has a outer surface tension which … Continue reading
The City of Falling Angels: A Book Review
Whatever else I got from the City of Falling Angels by John Berendt the book has given me an overwhelming desire to visit Venice. I started reading this book when the topic we were studying in art appreciation was glass making. … Continue reading
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