{"product_id":"my-father-bryce-adam-courtenay-2925","title":"My father Bryce. Adam Courtenay. 2025.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBryce Courtenay was one of Australia’s highest-selling and most-loved authors as well as a larger-than-life character. From his first book, \u003cem\u003ePower of One, \u003c\/em\u003ehe captivated readers. With his third, the non-fiction \u003cem\u003eApril Fool’s Day, \u003c\/em\u003ehe captured their hearts. Many of his fans would have thought they knew him, and they did - they knew the version of him that he wanted to present to the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryce’s son Adam also knew that version. And he knew the Bryce the rest of the world only glimpsed, or never saw at all. His father was a natural-born storyteller and occasional fabulist whose tales never quite rang true. He was a man who forever publicly grieved the loss of his son Damon, the subject of \u003cem\u003eApril Fool’s Day, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich dominated his attitude to his family for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn seeking to understand his father,Adam recounts his own 1960s and 1970s childhood, Bryce’s career in advertising and his metamorphosis into bestselling novelist. Bryce became a household name even as his personal life was plagued by tragedy and heartbreak - some of his own making. Nobody came out of it unscathed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ 9780733652127 \/ Large","offer_id":42453739798610,"sku":"COURTENAY24","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/9A8435EF-376E-4BF5-8E66-F06C74E00676.jpg?v=1782178580","url":"https:\/\/browsebooks.com.au\/products\/my-father-bryce-adam-courtenay-2925","provider":"Browse Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}