{"product_id":"the-way-life-is-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Way Life Is: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the events, experiences and ancestors that affect and shape our lives? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we carry these experiences and influences throughout our lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do they shape who we are?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the effects of these experiences?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we turn out the way we do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, Tony, a psychologist for many years, asks the big questions that arise from the effects and experiences of life. He gives us an insight into how our past experiences shape our very lives and what we bring to our relationships with significant others and with ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are these \"big\" issues, life influencing events and outcomes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony explores how we survive these challenges and emerge a stronger, better, more independent and assertive individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony explores the \"big\" issues of growing up different, exploring among other things, the influences and effects of family, trauma, of bullying, of an emerging and accepting of gay sexuality, of manhood and marriage and children, financial difficulties, of travel and higher education, of work and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We had to ride our bikes on hot summer days up the dirt track all the way to school and back again, about five kilometres each way, day after day, alone or with any of the local kids doing the same trip; the red-tailed black cockatoos calling from the bush arrkk  arrkk  as we passed. We walked for hours on warm spring days over the hills, around the swamps teeming with bird life, and along the creeks exploring the rocks and the bush, abandoned houses on old farms, learning to avoid snakes and goannas; watching the wrens and water birds; never getting lost; going as far as we liked as long as we were home in time for dinner.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is a huge mix of experiences, events and relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Tony makes clear, life is not all straight-forward and idyllic, but in the end life turns out The Way Life Is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162623479943,"sku":"9780228820635","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0ae796782629a56a7bf301b0f6ac2aeb.webp?v=1733290915","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-way-life-is-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}