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This is a memoir written by one of Australia’s pre-eminent screenwriters. In it he details his modest beginnings, life in the United Kingdom and later years back in Australia.

Peter Yeldham has spent his life writing plays for radio, television and the stage, as well as film screenplays and more than a dozen novels. He has won many awards for his television scripts and novels and is best known for landmark television series such as The Timeless Land, 1915, Captain James Cook RN and Jessica. This memoir recounts his experiences as an aspiring writer for radio in Australia, his marriage to Marjorie and their life in England, breaking into the world of stage drama and film. It is the story of a successful writing career and the parallel quest for a happy family life.