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Half a World Away: Surviving the Move to a Land Down Under by Alistair McGuinness (view source)
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|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=We left Fran and Alistair as newcomers to Australia in [[Round the BendHalf a World Away: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, Searching for a Search for Life After Redundancy by Alistair McGuinnessGap Year Travel Adventure|Round the Bend: Searching for a Gap Year Travel Adventure]]. Now they're settled in Western Australia and McGuinness delivers a lively story of their life there along with some excellent advice for anyone who might be thinking of heading down under.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
It's also a very easy and entertaining read too. I loved the pictures. Well, to be honest, I drooled over them and they brought the way of life off the page. The book is a glorious mixture of autobiography (no - I'm not going to tell you what happens to them, you'll have to read the book), travelogue and life coaching. This is a man who must feel very glad that he was made redundant when the Vauxhall car plant in Luton closed. I'd like to thank him for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag.
If you haven't read [[Round the BendHalf a World Away: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, Searching for a Search for Life After Redundancy Gap Year Travel Adventure by Alistair McGuinness|Round the BendHalf a World Away: Searching for a Gap Year Travel Adventure]] I'm sure that you'd enjoy it if ''Half-Surviving the Move to a-World AwayLand Down Under'' appeals to you. For some fiction set in Western Australia, we think you might like [[Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres]].
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