SURVIVING MAGGIE
Book ID/图书代码： 01899511B46526
English Summary/英文概要： My father was no ordinary man and his was no ordinary life ...
Watching Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush portray his father in the film Swimming Upstream inspired John Fingleton to uncover the story no one had told, of his father′s mysterious early life - and what made Harold the extraordinary man he became.
Nothing could have prepared him for what he discovered. Harold spent his early childhood on the streets foraging for food for himself and his sister and being beaten for his trouble by his alcoholic mother. Then, at eleven, Harold was removed to a state orphanage in Brisbane, where the treatment he and others endured haunted him forever.
From abused child to rebellious orphan, Harold Fingleton played many roles in his life - larrikin street fighter, gifted sportsman, prisoner, alcoholic, football coach to a bunch of street kids, even a murder suspect - but, most importantly, a man transformed by the love of a strong woman into a father determined his children would have the opportunities he never had.
A powerful true story of love, betrayal and redemption, Surviving Maggie will stay with you long after the last page.
′After forty years of bookselling, this book punched holes in me. Like ANGELA′S ASHES, no one who reads this story will ever forget it.′ Phil Ryan (veteran bookseller, formerly of Mary Ryans)
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我的父亲绝不是一名平凡的人，一如他的人生。。。。。。
电影《泳往直前》中，奥斯卡影帝杰弗里•拉什对于哈罗德•芬格尔顿这一人物形象的诠释启发了约翰•芬格尔顿，本书中他向我们透露父亲生前不为人知的神秘早年人生经历---向我们展示到底是什么成就了如今的哈罗德。
一切在发生之前都是毫无征兆的。哈罗德的幼年是在街上四处乞讨自己和妹妹的食物中和被酗酒母亲的暴打中度过的。11岁那年，哈罗德来到了布里斯班的一家公立孤儿院，在那里，他和其他孩子们所忍受的虐待是他一辈子的阴影。
从受虐儿童到叛逆孤儿，哈罗德•芬格尔顿的早年生活有着诸多角色的影子---街头恶棍，天才运动员，犯人，酗酒者，一群孩子们的足球教练，甚至他还曾是谋杀嫌疑犯---然而最重要的却是，他最终成为了一名被一位坚强女性的爱所改变了的父亲，努力地让自己的孩子拥有自己从未拥有过的人生与机遇。
这是一个真实的励志故事，有关于爱，背叛与救赎。这本书直至最后一页都将让你难以释怀。菲尔•莱恩（资深畅销书作家，原名玛丽•莱恩）曾如是评价本书：这个畅销了40年的故事在我内心深处挖了一个洞，就好像《天使之尘》，一旦触碰，便再难忘却。（DC）
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