{"product_id":"almost-there-gerard-oosterman-9780994581037","title":"Almost There: Fragments of a Restless Life","description":"If life is a journey, this Author's search for the purpose of it started 3am at his birth in Holland on the 7th of August 1940. World War 2 was in full swing. Some 15 years later his parents with their children followed the huge European exodus by boat to a distant sun-drenched Australia. After a difficult adjustment there, he questioned if the migrant's dream of own home on a forlorn suburban lot was inspiring enough The outrageous seduction by his voluminous Maltese landlady while watching Bonanza on the b\/w TV might well have been the spark that ignited future creativity. After his tumultuous early adulthood had settled, he found his future wife in arctic Finland. She helped him carve out a niche in his many artistic endeavors. Soon, three children came about followed by a fantastic vasectomy. This book is about hope, survival, and the overcoming of all. Through many delightful vignettes, this memoire gives a humorous account of a life well lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard Oosterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0994581033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780994581037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard Oosterman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d","brand":"Gerard Oosterman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441583763711,"sku":"9780994581037","price":11.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d950090a-c4c2-496c-afcb-0e3d8fe05b04.jpg?v=1777191811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/almost-there-gerard-oosterman-9780994581037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}