A Fortunate Life

A.B. Facey

Nov 2012 · Bolinda · Narrated by Roger Cardwell

About this audiobook

Born in 1894, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a sheep farmer, survived the gore of Gallipoli, raised a family through the Depression and spent sixty years with his beloved wife, Evelyn. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. It is the story of a life lived to the full - the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man.

Ratings and reviews

A great story of hardship and life in Australia in the 1900's. I love this book and the narrator does a fantastic job except the pronunciation of many of the towns mentioned is wrong, which I find irritating. Apart from that, I highly recommend this book.

A brilliant story, beautifully read by Roger Cardwell. Well worth a listen. 👍

wonderful story thank you Mick McCauley for recommending it to me x

About the author

A.B. Facey (1894–1982) was born and grew up on the Kalgoorlie Goldfields and the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. He went out to work when he was eight years old, and was droving in the North-West at fourteen. He had no formal education and originally wrote his acclaimed autobiography, A Fortunate Life, for his family.

Roger Cardwell's name has been associated with the Adelaide media for more than 50 years. Throughout the 1960s he was the host and performer of the Australian national TV show Country and Western Hour and Adelaide ADS7 TV show Country Style. Roger was also one of Australia's leading TV news anchor men for over 20 years. His voice was heard regularly on radio, and though it has been a while since he has graced our screens, his listeners at Adelaide’s Burnside Library – where he took part in their book reading program supported by the Royal Society for the Blind – hung on every word.