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The story follows a year in the life of a man named Tom Novellus (includes sexual content, therefore, reader discretion advised). Tom contemplated suicide daily as a way to escape the ever pervading torment of his overbearing mother and aggressive father in his mind. To avoid suicide, he was desperate for the chance of a new life; what he thought of as a new beginning. Therefore, he moved to a new city to give himself one last chance of finding a new career, new friends and a loving partner. However, he entered into a romance with a woman named Rachel who he was completely psychologically and emotionally ill-equipped to deal with. Their relationship became so destructive that it threatened his chance for a new beginning, and even his life.
John Howard
John Howard was Australia's 25th prime minister. After a meteoric rise to become treasurer, aged 38, in Malcolm Fraser's government, the self-described economic liberal and social conservative was sidelined. But in 1996, Howard bounced back to lead the Coalition to a resounding victory and become our second longest serving prime minister. He is the author of The Menzies Era, about Australia's longest serving prime minister, Robert Menzies, and of the bestselling autobiography Lazarus Rising.
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