Thursday, August 07, 2014

Luigi’s Freedom Ride


A story of curiosity, love, hope and bicycles
Luigi’s Freedom Ride
by Alan Murray

Luigi is a young boy growing up in Tuscany in the 1920s, dreaming of cowboys and adventure, when a young Englishman, passing through on his way to Rome, gives him his first bicycle, thus sparking a lifelong passion.
 
When World War II begins, Luigi enlists with the Bersaglieri, the Italian Army Cycling Corps, before unexpectedly finding himself fighting alongside the Partisans. Despite encountering great sorrow and tragedy, Luigi’s zest for life remains undiminished, and his next adventure sees him cycling through the Holy Land, Turkey and Sri Lanka before finding an unexpected home - and an extraordinary surprise - in Australia. 

Luigi’s Freedom Ride shows how even a small life, lived in the shadow of great events, can be rich in contentment and spirit. An enchanting story which I greatly enjoyed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alan Murray is a widely published historian particularly in the areas of coal mining, miners and their communities in Australia. He has worked as a newspaper journalist and on television documentaries and he writes short stories for radio. Luigi’s Freedom Ride is his first novel. Originally from Edinburgh, he now lives in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.

 NZ RRP $29.99  |  Published by Fourth Estate


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