The Summertime of Our Dreams

On Mateship, Mortality and the Road Home

Michael Pascoe

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Ultimo Press
03 August 2022

Memoirs; Coping with death & bereavement; Family & relationships; Biography - Australian

The Summertime of Our Dreams is an unforgettable celebration of life, a hymn to the land, and a meditation on the memory and dreams of youth.

To be invited to walk beside a dying man, a good man, to be asked into his mind as its existence is counted down, to be offered his gaze into the abyss, to know another soul in the honesty of the deathbed. A privilege.

Here is a moving and unusual memoir by Michael Pascoe about his relationship with Jim, his friend since boarding school in Queensland, as he faces up to terminal illness. We see a group of friends as they meet occasionally to talk about their shared youth and their mortality. Eloquent, profound - and sometimes funny, as mates can be with one another - these encounters, as well as Michael and Jim's correspondence about living, dying, memory and family - will resonate deeply with readers.

The narrative is also a reflection on the author's own story from son of a country cop to one of Australia's best-known journalists, taking the reader on a journey - both literal and metaphorical - as he drives north in his beloved Alfa Romeo, exploring along the way what it means to be a son and a father, how one ages and deals with one's own mortality.

We were just boys, forming bonds we didn't know existed until we dared reach for them and found them strong.

Praise for The Summertime of Our Dreams

'A moving reflection on fatherhood and friendship from a life well and thoughtfully lived' - Mike Carlton

'Wise, tender, elegiac. A story about cars, rugby and travelling into country turns into a graceful eulogy for the secret codes of good men.' - Susan Johnson, author of From Where I Fell

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By: Michael Pascoe
Imprint: Ultimo Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781761151019
ISBN 10: 1761151010
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 03 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Pascoe is one of Australia's most respected and experienced finance and economics commentators with nearly five decades in newspaper, broadcast and online journalism covering the full gamut of economic, business and finance issues. He's most recognised through his many years spent reporting on business and finance on Channel 9 and 7, in addition to his past role as Contributing Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age. He's now Contributing Editor for The New Daily and a regular conference speaker and guest commentator on television and radio.