As his 50th birthday dawned, Peter Dunne had a life-changing conversation with a friend and realised that, while he may not have invented the internet or found a cure for cancer, he had nonetheless fathered three remarkable and beautiful children.
Inspired by that fact, he set out to leave a trail of metaphorical breadcrumbs for them, so that if they ever needed to know what their father might have had to say on a particular subject, it would be set down for them.
The result is a book of letters from a father to his children, and though the stories are firmly set in a place and time, the themes and the tone are universal and timeless. From Compromise to Compassion, from Democracy to Sacrifice, THE 50 THINGS explores the social mores and morality of our time and tries to answer the eternal questions that line the path to peace of mind.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409167914
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 133 x 199 x 18 mm
Weight: 228 g
Language: English
I wish I had had this book by my side when I was starting out, giving very straightforward advice, and helping us make sense of often confusing and difficult situations and emotions we meet along the way. A book to be kept in your back pocket at all times! - Penelope Wilton
If the 50 gems in this book were collected in the first 50 years of Peter Dunne's life, let's pray that he lives to 100. Really smart and thoughtful and insightful...and pretty damn funny, too. - Peter Farrelly, director of Oscar-nominated Green Book
Grand: The Autobiography of Gromit
The Longest Walk Home
Raising Hare
Say Nothing
Enough Said
Bloody Dangerous
Diddly Squat: The Farmer's Dog
A Mind of My Own
Games of My Life
Hello Boys and Girls
Kitchen Confidential
Things I Took from the Dark
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee
SAS The Great Train Raid
In his introduction to 50 Things, Peter Dunne explains how the book came about. It was 2013 and he had just turned fifty years of age. He didn't have a 'mid-life crisis', but he did begin to measure his... More
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