Memoir
Date Published: July 5, 2023
We all have two lives. We only get to experience living in the second after we realize we only have just one.
Simon Yeats had his first real scare in life when he was attacked by a
kangaroo when he was seven years old. His first brush with the cliff-face
edge of death came when he was 12. His father drove his family down the
dangerous, 4WD only Skipper's Canyon dirt road in New Zealand in a rented
minivan.
Including the occasions he was almost involved in two different plane flight crashes, in the same night, there have been at least a half dozen more times when the author has come within a moment's inattention of being killed.
However, none of those frightening incidents compare to what he experiences after his son is abducted to South America.
What did it take for him to get to his second life?
It took him to truly understand what fear is.
My review...
Wow is my first reaction to this book. I thought this was
starting out as a whale of a fictional story because the life of this author reads
that way. But this sure doesn’t go where you think it’s going.
So many things happen to this unfortunate man that it seems
difficult to believe, but as it moves forward there can be no question this is
a tortured man willing to do most anything to see his son. Really a good read.
About the Author
Simon Yeats has lived nine lives, and by all estimations, is fast running out of the number he has left. His life of globetrotting the globe was not the one he expected to lead. He grew up a quiet, shy boy teased by other kids on the playgrounds for his red hair. But he developed a keen wit and sense of humor to always see the funnier side of life.
With an overwhelming love of travel, a propensity to find trouble where there was none, and being a passionate advocate of mental health, Simon’s stories will leave a reader either rolling on the floor in tears of laughter, or breathing deeply that the adventures he has led were survived.
No author has laughed longer or cried with less restraint at the travails of life.
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Thank you for featuring my memoir on your blog. It is not 14 years since my son was kidnapped and has been held hostage in South America.
ReplyDeleteI wish you every possible good outcome.
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