Missing

This book is personal to me. Mark May was my first teenage crush when I started studying at ANU in 1975. I was a sheltered seventeen year-old and Mark, with his stunning good looks and his worldly manner, was a demi-god in my eyes. That fantasy never prospered but Mark did become my friend in 1976 w......more

This wasn't what I expected at all, so it was pretty disappointing. What I expected, based on the blurb: Dude decides he's done with the trappings of society so escapes into the bush to live off the land and so learn to appreciate the simplicities of life. What I got: After years of being a screw-up,......more

MISSING by Tom Patterson Wow, what a powerful absorbing read from a new author. Just how some of his descriptions evolved could surely only be from personal or close friends’ experience but this tale of a family gone wrong and one of its sons ending up in the gorge country east of Armidale I found r......more

Great storytelling, is a true story but it reads like a novel. Very sad at times. I'm looking forward to having a conversation with the author at Tamworth Library in the near future.......more

A book based on a true series of events which commanded my attention. Set in northern New South Wales an area I have visited many times. The lead character Mark May lives over 35 years in the wild country near Armidale. It draws you in and you soon care about many in the May family. It was particula......more