![]() It is also featured in many Australian primary and secondary schools as a recommended book for young adults. According to mr Roberts author of landings at ANZAC 1915 Facey wasnt at Gallipoli until nearly two weeks after the landings, was never wounded and the landings themselves were made unopposed So was mr Facey telling a lie This makes me thing that A fortunate life should be re-classified as fiction not biography. As of 2020 it has, since its publication in 1981, sold over one million copies, becoming a primary account of the Australian experience during World War I. As we know in A Fortunate Life, Bert Facey often refers to his two lives that before his beautiful and adored wife Evelyn, and after she entered his life. It has become a classic piece of Australian literature and is one of Australia's most beloved books. When asked in an interview, where the name of the book originated, he replied, "I called it 'A Fortunate Life' because I truly believe that is what I had". Notwithstanding the interest in it, Facey considered his life to be simple and "had no idea what all the fuss was about". ▼ A Fortunate Lifeġ981 ( Puffin, Hardcover Viking, Penguin Books Australia, Ltd.)ĭuring the initial days of its publication, Albert Facey became a nationwide celebrity. ![]() ![]() ![]() Quick facts: Author, Cover artist, Country, Language. ![]()
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