Additional information
| ISBN | 9781925522655 |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| Subject | Biography & Autobiography |
| Imprint | Boolarong Press |
| Page extent | 306 |
Bloody Bastard Beautiful
$34.99
Mocco Wollert
The frank and hilarious account of an immigrant girl who follows her German lover to Darwin.
Adventurous, lovable and laughable, Mocco captures the heat and vibrancy of Darwin and its larrikins, in a decade where the Territory makes its own rules.
admin –
I have recently finished your book and I loved it. You are a very good story teller, and I thoroughly enjoyed the short chapters covering the important events of your journey. I loved the way there were no long, drawn out stories where one can often lose the plot.
Thank you for a couple of weeks of pure enjoyment reading your book. (I would have read it quicker but I do 12 hr shifts, but what a delight it was each time to finally open the pages again to continue reading.)
Lynette Stenhouse (Nettie)
admin –
It was lovely meeting you! Thank you for engaging me with your book Bloody Bastard Beautiful and lightening a spark and encouraging my dream of one day writing a book just like yours.
Your enthusiasm and spirit is magical and has deeply touched me.
Love and Blessings
Narelle
admin –
… I have just finished it so I hope you don’t mind me emailing you to say how much we enjoyed it. I haven’t read for a while your book has got me reading again.
Rod Heard
admin –
Congratulations. I have just read Bloody Bastard Beautiful, lent to me by my longtime friend Joan Nicolle. We are the same age as you and therefore relate to lots of things you experienced. I like to congratulate you on your MAGIC LIFE. Thank you for the interesting read, good luck and best wishes
June Auld
admin –
I bought your book when I was working in Smith Street Mall and passed by while you were there signing you book. I love reading and thoroughly enjoyed it. So thanks for a great read.
Sharon
admin –
I started your book last night and my early night turned into a late one. It was hard to put the book down. It is an absolutely wonderful read. I am enjoying it so much. It is utterly delightful, interesting and funny.
Dot Whittington – Editor of YOUR LIFE
admin –
Could you be so kind as to pass on my compliments and admiration to your mother-in-law who because of her well written and entertaining book I feel empowered to call her ‘Mocco’ . I know this is a liberty but seek her indulgence.
I intend to advance the book at any and all contacts and will purchase copies for some particular colleagues as I have now digested the contents of the book twice and can recommend it.
My best regards to her,
Wayne Richardson
admin –
It has been said that a woman who wants to succeed in a man’s world must work like a horse, think like a man and look like a film star.
Bloody Bastard Beautiful is testimony of the fact that Mocco Wollert ticked all the boxes, with one extra component in the mix: a healthy sense of humour.
Friends were the only support system at the time Mocco set foot on Darwin’s primitive tarmac. She and her husband soon found good people between the motley crowds that were Northern Territory’s population in the late fifties, many of who’d become friends for life.
For me the book is a page turner. I’d like to recommend it to all who are interest in Australia’s living history.
Helga Parl, member of the Society of Women Writers Queensland