{"product_id":"the-aromatic-bush-chronicles-gerald-bratley-mciex-9798278470731","title":"The Aromatic Bush Chronicles: Fifty Years of Work, Wanderlust, and Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA candid memoir of international business, foreign travel, romance and the temptations encountered by a young man living far from home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Aromatic Bush Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e follows Gerald Bratley from his beginnings near the Yorkshire coalfields into the bars, hotels, boardrooms and bedrooms of Europe and Asia during the final decades of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently divorced, widely travelled and determined to experience everything life offered, Gerry entered a world in which business and pleasure were not always easily separated. Major cities had their recognised nightlife districts-from Paris, Hamburg and Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Seoul and Manila-and overseas visitors were frequently introduced to a culture of hospitality very different from that found at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten honestly but without crude or graphic language, the book does not conceal what happened. It records the romances, casual encounters, cultural misunderstandings, business negotiations, comic disasters and occasional misjudgements that accompanied a life spent travelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to readers interested in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Candid and unconventional memoirs\u003cbr\u003e- Travel, romance and adult relationships\u003cbr\u003e- Life and business in Asia before the digital age\u003cbr\u003e- International nightlife and changing social attitudes\u003cbr\u003e- Humorous accounts of human weakness and temptation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarm, provocative and self-aware, this is not a memoir of respectable milestones. It is the story of a man who travelled widely, took risks, made mistakes and returned with an extraordinary collection of stories-told with humour, discretion and very few regrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Bratley McIex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278470731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d","brand":"Gerald Bratley McIex","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997313052927,"sku":"9798278470731","price":17.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aromatic-bush-chronicles-gerald-bratley-mciex-9798278470731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}