the globe rover

What a way to make the most of a bad situation! This guys’ an inspiration for finding a way to look at the bright side of things.

A very humorous and charming view of Franz Wisner’s being dumped at the alter and his journey of getting to know his brother through a trip around the world.

The journey starts with the “leftover” honeymoon which brother Kurt agrees to go on given they trade in the champagne for beer and honeymoon suite for two beds. And that two week holiday turns into two years of journeys around the world. Touching as well as letters to a step-Grandmother are included throughout their travels with views of life around the world.

Fantastic motivation for RTW travels or for anyone who wants an entertaining read. Definitely a book for anyone that loves travel and laughter.

An absolutely beautiful story of love and coming to know one’s self. This is an autobiographical story of two boys growing up in a very Catholic world in Melbourne, Australia fighting to become their true selves. And for anyone that knows Australia that world means lots of sports and lots of masculinity and at the time, resistance to homosexuality.

John fell in love with the high school football star, John Caleo, and soon the two fell in love and spent all their time together (”Holding the Man” is a term that comes from Aussie rules football and means “a transgression that incurs a penalty”). The book includes very forthcoming stories of their relationship through the years. The book also delves into the world of AIDS, which at the time was an unknown disease. John and Tim fight a courageous battle to be true to themselves and their love for one another.

Credits include:

• United Nations Human Rights Award for Non-Fiction in 1995
• Listed as one of the “100 Favourite Australian Books” by the Australian Society of Authors for its 40th anniversary in 2003