{"product_id":"paulie-stewart-paulie-stewart-9781877096334","title":"Paulie Stewart: All The Rage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an intriguing memoir by Paulie Stewart, a much-loved rock singer, newspaper journalist and social activist whose life story spans an unusually broad swathe of modern Australian life...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten when Paulie was facing the risk of an early death due to drug and alcohol-induced liver failure, the book helped him to realise the extent to which his whole life, including his often self-destructive behaviour, were shaped by the teenage trauma of losing his brother Tony, the 21-year-old HSV7 newsman who was one of the Balibo Five murdered by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long-term campaigner for East Timorese independence, Paulie is convinced that a chance encounter with a Timorese nun as he lay in what could have been his deathbed at the Austin Hospital in 2007 played a role in his almost miraculous rescue the next day by a liver transplant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 'bad boy' of Australian rock and roll has since then devoted himself to social activism and community work ranging from fund-raising for nuns who care for disabled children in Timor-Leste through to helping street kids and refugees get their own lives on track through new careers as musicians and performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Peter Wilson (former Australian Journalist of the Year)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paulie Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1877096334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781877096334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melbourne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.77d","brand":"Paulie Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130392867071,"sku":"9781877096334","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b739c1c-0043-4c84-afda-c91985619f12.jpg?v=1687469124","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paulie-stewart-paulie-stewart-9781877096334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}