Award winning author Clancy Tucker collects great reviews like other authors collect rejection slips.
He must be doing something right!! Check out these two great reviews for his latest book, Bold Journey, they will tell you all.
Bold Journey by Clancy Tucker (Clancy Tucker Publishing)
PB RRP $15.00 plus $3.00 for postage Australia
ISBN 9780994601025
Reviewed by Anastasia Gonis
The story begins in 1954, when the Agnelli family set out for Australia on an Assisted Migrant Scheme. The positives and negatives of their decision are cleverly woven into a delicate and moving story of migration, with themes of friendship, family, bullying, and the huge impact the kindness and generosity of strangers can have on people’s lives.
Cat Ginelli and ‘Fozzie’ Agnelli have been friends since childhood after meeting on the ship. Their years of friendship, togetherness, learning, discovery, and shared grief, is slowly transformed into something powerful, but unspoken. While life leads them along different and distant paths as they grow, the emotional ties between them remain unbroken.
Will they finally come together at the official function put on by Amnesty International, or will the story of their life together end due to those words unspoken?
The struggles and challenges the Agnelli family face are the struggles of every migrant family of the post-war years. The courage and determination of they have to adapt and succeed reflect the characteristics of migrants of that era, and many of those of today.
Through his work, Clancy again seizes the opportunity to bring into focus, issues that he is passionate about. He addresses the humanitarian need of countries ravaged by war and poverty, with the intention that it will ‘stir the conscience’ of his readers, and the world in general. He makes reference to the Vietnam and Korean wars and their futility in a significant way.
This is an interesting and well-constructed novel which is historically valuable, in that it reflects on the how and why, Europeans left their homelands for a better life, what they found, and what they did with what they had.
Clancy Tucker has created lovable characters and moving scenes. He has presented a wide view of migrant life. All this is folded into a story of love, hope and sacrifice. Suited for ages 8-80, it also shows the multi-faceted lives of post-war Australians through dialogue, varying voices and points of view.
I LOVED IT 5 May 2017
By Vicki CASE – Published on Amazon.com
When you pick up a Clancy Tucker book you can be rest assured you will not be disappointed. Bold Journey is no exception – yet another Clancy heart string tugger for sure.
Bold Journey is a story of two Italian families who individually make a decision to migrate to a foreign land (Australia) so their children can have a better life. In doing so, the AGNELLI & GINELLI families have to leave their family & friends behind & sail to the unknown. Despite the distance however, they never forget or lose contact with their families, their heritage or their culture.
En route to Australia, aboard the Achille Lauro, children; Fausto AGNELLI forges a life-long friendship with Caterina GINELLI. The two share so many great times & adventures together until one day their lives have to take an individual road, a road to their chosen careers. Fausto wants to be a journalist, whilst Caterina wants to pursue nursing. Little did they realise, that their careers would bring them together again & again, however not in the circumstances they would prefer.
Years later, they are both nominated for individual international awards for their respective work. Will they again be united, or not?
Bold Journey is another brilliant literary work by Australia’s multi award-winning author – Clancy Tucker. Each of his books are different; yet each contains an ethical moral that will bring you to tears.
I loved this book from beginning to end & I know you will too. I highly recommend Bold Journey, regardless of your age. It’s a beautiful journey that will leave you wanting more – Cat & Fozzie’s journey. I pray there is a sequel.
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