{"product_id":"i-had-a-father-in-karratha","title":"I Had a Father in Karratha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWhat happens when your father dies and he’s in the Pilbara, 4,500 kms away?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when your father dies and you fly across to lay him to rest and find his estate is a spectacular mess of hoarded junk, bank debts, lost paperwork and rundown properties in a mining town gone bust?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when your father dies and you are the oldest child and the sole executor of his will? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Had a Father in Karratha\u003c\/i\u003e tracks Annette Trevitt’s two-and-a-half-year epic undertaking of cleaning up her father’s mess in Karratha, Western Australia. A fly-in fly-out marathon as she holds together her life with her teenage son in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in passages of reflective prose and text messages, what unfolds is an intimate story of being a daughter of a runaway father – a father who bolted when the going got tough. Trevitt’s attention to reality is as relentless as the paperwork, the corporate sloth and greed she faces at every turn. Nothing is straightforward other than the humour and openness she brings to every absurd and maddening situation from one end of the country to the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of commitment, responsibility, doggedness and love. A legacy of an eldest daughter’s determination to honour her father and lay him to rest. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnette Trevitt\u003c\/b\u003e is a short story writer and tertiary teacher. She grew up in small country towns in NSW. She lived in Sydney and London before moving to Melbourne to do a Graduate Diploma in Animation at VCA. Her short stories have been published in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGriffith Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Best Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIreland’s Fish Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e and broadcast on the BBC and the ABC. For 15 years she taught short fiction, novel writing and screenwriting in professional writing and editing courses. She teaches academic communication skills to students entering university. She lives with her teenage son and their dog.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upswell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"208 pages \/ 210x150mm","offer_id":42238583373879,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7771\/2951\/files\/Upswell_I-Had-a-Father-in-Karratha_Front-cover.jpg?v=1779074728","url":"https:\/\/upswell-publishing.myshopify.com\/products\/i-had-a-father-in-karratha","provider":"Upswell Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}