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Marisa Parker
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Ciao! We’re In Africa
Biographies & Memoirs
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What We Do for Love
#ReaderLove - Love comes in all forms and sizes and, Oh! The Things We Do for Love (or because of love) … to quote the song by British band, 10cc. In 1957, it had been three years since my Italian parents migrated to Salisbury, Rhodesia. My mother gives in to my father’s manoeuvrings when he organises for a sixteen-year-old boy Paolo, the son of Esther, a close friend and employee in their business, to drive my mother to Johannesburg, South Africa (over 1,100km away). I’d met Paolo and his family many years ago, but we had lost touch. With this book advertised on Amazon, Paolo made contact through my website. How extraordinary to find out that we both live in Eastern Australia. For Paolo, reading my family’s story has brought back many memories. For me, a precious gift of some unseen photographs during that time. An amazing experience and especially emotional for my 85-year-old mum!
Book Excerpt
Ciao! We’re In Africa
“We’ll both leave on Friday,” Eugenio recaps as we’re finalising things. “But, I’ll fly out in the morning. I’ve organised for Paolo to drive you down. The black Ford will have to be packed with all the things we’ll need for the show.”
Paolo is Esther’s sixteen-year-old son. I stare at Eugenio incomprehensibly. Not only am I the one who must undergo a long hot car journey, but I’ll be accompanied by a teenager who barely talks and who hasn’t been driving for very long. I jump up, about to shout my refusal, when I decide instead to turn around and walk out of the room. I hear someone call my name, but I just keep on straight out of the shop. It’s obvious the decision has been made but I don’t have to like it. I stroll around the block to compose myself, hoping that my action has caused Eugenio to think about his decision. When I get back though, he has gone out to see a customer. Codardo! Coward!
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