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Val Wake the Author
2021

The Good Life (An Expat Trap)

The Good Life (an expat trap) is an honest and open account of the experience of moving to France as an expat, from Australia. In their eighties, Val and his wife, Lil, decided to move to France as one last adventure. They took their daughter and her family with them and bought a property at Lodeve in the south of the country.
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Val Wake the Author
2010

My Voyage Around Spray

The subtitle to My Voyage around Spray with apologies to Captain Joshua Slocum gives an important clue about the book's purpose- it reads A re-discovery of Australia. Does that mean someone called Joshua Slocum discovered Australia? No, not really.
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Val Wake the Author
2004

No Ribbons or Medals

In the middle of World War Two when the enemy was at the gate and Australia's leaders were preparing for an invasion, one of the country's senior security officers was summonsed to appear before a judge in a secret hearing. The security officer was summoned to answer charges of the Australian Army's Commander-in-chief, General Blamey, that the security officer had been seen wearing ribbons and medals he was not entitled to, that he no longer had the confidence of our American allies and he used women of doubtful character for agents.
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Val Wake the Author
2008

White Bird Black Bird

Warren Pritchard, the hero or anti-hero of White Bird Black Bird, is a young Toronto reporter starting out. He has a drink problem and a strong sense of mission. A curious combination that makes him chose Arctic Canada, to seek a solution to both his issues. Warren makes his choice without knowing much about the north. But he believes the north can be his salvation by giving him a sense of purpose and restoring his self esteem.
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Val Wake the Author
2010

When the Lions are Drinking

The lions are the embankment lions along the river Thames in central London. There is an old Thames watermen's expression that says when the lions are drinking; central London, especially the seat of government in Whitehall, is in danger of flooding.
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