Then, Now, And In Between

About the Book

EDDIE WHITHAM’S FIRST ATTEMPT TO PUT DOWN IN WRITING HIS LONG TERM THINKING HITS THE SPOT. IN DOING SO, HE COMMITS HIS EXPERIENCES, SOME HOME TRUTHS, AND MANY DREAMS TO PAPER IN A VARIETY OF TALES SET IN EVERY CONTINENT **** 39 well-crafted, amusing tales IMAGINE ---- AN ELDERLY SLOVENIAN WOMAN BEING A TOP SMUGGLER FRENCH AND RUSSIAN ROMANCES, AN ITALIAN CHEF TRYING TO WOO CANNIBALS IN DEEP DARK AFRICA TO CHANGE THEIR DIET TO PASTA A JOURNALIST GETTING HIMSELF TANGLED IN RIO. AN AUSSIE MAKING A MISJUDGEMENT IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS. A SOPHISTICATED, LADY CAT BURGLAR, THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN INTRIGUE SET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. PLUS ---- MANY FINE AUSTRALIAN STORIES SET IN INTERESTING SURROUNDINGS - GIVING A GLIMPSE OF THE AUTHORS WIDE RANGING EXPERIENCE AND INTEREST IN HIS HOME COUNTRY ESPECIALLY THE OUTBACK. A DIVERSE MIX OF SUBJECTS AND SITUATIONS TO KEEP THE READER INVOLVED A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, SIMPLE AND READABLE ***** THIS WELL TRAVELLED AUSTRALIAN DISPLAYS AN UNUSUAL FLARE IN HIS STORY TELLING ***** EDDIE PUTS STING INTO HIS WRY & HUMEROUS CONCLUSIONS ***** THE SHEER VARIETY OF GENRES EXHIBITS HIS GRASP OF THE HUMAN CONDITION ***** A PLEASANT AND ENTERTAINING READ FOR SHORT STORY FICTION BUFFS *****

About the Author

Eddie Whitham was born in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia in 1943. His father, an Australian soldier, married Eddie’s mother Esther in Palestine in 1941. After his family migrated to Israel in 1967, Eddie stayed in Australia, married and settled in Tamworth NSW where he conducted a business for more than 35 years. Since1973 Eddie and Barbara have travelled extensively to all continents and across Australia. Leaving school at the age of 15, he is largely self-educated and describes himself as a compassionate capitalist and world watcher. Assisting migrants and refugees to settle in his community, as well as travelling extensively, has enabled Eddie to glean first hand insights into other cultures. He has been an advocate for refugees and migrants spanning more that thirty years. Being active in his own large worldwide family and the affairs of his city, he is a well-known and respected citizen. He took to writing twenty years ago, but only recently put the finishing touches to this collection of thirty nine stories. He writes literally the way he speaks and has a refreshing approach to story telling. His second book UNCLE EDDIE’S TWIST-ED TAILS has been self published and is available from the author.