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Sydney's Song

Author(s): Ia Uaro (Author)

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
Print length: 312 pages
ISBN-10: 1478157453
ISBN-13: 9781478157458

Book Description

“Lovable. Memorable.” (KIRKUS REVIEWS) An undefeatable Sydney girl. An itinerant musician, Boston’s former child prodigy. Two lost souls brought together before the 2000 Sydney Olympics and thrown into a roller-coaster of their very own personal Olympics. Set in Sydney and Boston where heartbreaks are juxtaposed humour, this Humor Finalist of Readers Favorite’s International Book Award is a love story no reader will ever forget.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Here we have the most interesting tale of a true miracle in our time. It is the best story of true love and eternal partners I have ever read. It portrays a miracle so special that it will leave you awed and humbled. …This is full of commitments never broken, a true inspiration for us all.
Sydney’s Song is beautiful, down to earth, touching, and moving. It teaches principles to be followed by all people on earth. Ia Uaro gives us a must read for all people… Very nice work.” Author Anna del C. Dye, Readers Favorite

“A robust novel… You can be nearly in tears one moment from the power of the writing and the unfairness of Sydney’s life, but the next moment you will be laughing at something absurd that happens or at a wry observation by Sydney… It is a love story, it is courage under fire, and it is hugely entertaining. Nothing is predictable in the story, as in life, and the message it carries is to seize new experiences and make the most of them. The book is well-written and reading it is a thoroughly enjoyable, if occasionally humbling, adventure.” Stephanie Dagg, Readers Favorite

“Calling All Romantics! ..a beautiful love story… a pure romantic delight to read. Ia Uaro has written a touching and loving story of her own life… we share the adversity, joy, sickness and health of a young couple truly and deeply in love. “Sydney’s Song” is a winner. I felt as though I was with Sydney on her entire journey and was sorry to say good-bye to her at the end of the book. This book was emotionally attaching and deserves a five star rating. I am waiting anxiously for the next book by Ia Uaro.” Trudi LoPreto, Readers Favorite

“Sydney’s Song by Ia Uaro is a delightful love story… Pen and ink sketches illustrate the text as do the floral engravings at the beginning of each chapter. Sydney and Pete’s love story is charming and totally realistic with first-rate characters. Pete’s rehab takes months and Sydney’s winning over his parents takes almost as long. Readers everywhere will enjoy “Sydney’s Song” as it gives a believable portrait of true love with faith in God that survives even in arduous times.” Alice DiNizo, Readers Favorite

“Sydney’s Song, a work of socio-fiction, is an engaging book. We immediately identify with Sydney, a teen-aged girl who discovers her own true nature, and Pete, the remarkable young man who helps her to understand herself and achieve her goals. When the tables are turned and Sydney must be the ‘grownup’, she does so with a grace and determination and resilience that are inspiring.
I recommend Ia Uaro’s Sydney’s Song…Her story contains a refreshing message: be true to yourself, learn to trust and love, and share that trust whenever you can.” Janet Jensen, Readers Favorite

From the Author

SYDNEY’S SONG is written for males and females, 15-year old and above, readers of any genre who occasionally want something different. This novel is a socio fiction, humorous fiction, drama, romantic fiction, coming-of-age, self-help/empowerment, travel in Sydney/Australia, fictionalised true stories – which first of all aims to entertain. Enjoy and best wishes.

From the Inside Flap

“To Pokolbin Prison, please,” requested a woman in a very weak, barely audible low voice I could well relate to. A vision came to me of a gaunt, sickly, very depressed lady. I worked out her travel plan. She had to catch a bus, two trains, and a bus again, for a three-hour journey. Then she asked, “How much would it cost for a pensioner and a three-year old?”
Tears gathered in my eyes. A poor young mother with a young child trying to visit her worthless husband at Christmas!
And she was not alone. “To John Moroney Prison, please,” said a miserable mother.
“To Silverwater Correction Centre, please.” A sad girlfriend.
“To Long Bay Jail, please.” A wretched daughter.
Long-suffering souls requested travel plans for Lithgow Jail, Parklea Jail, Goulburn Jail–you name it.
Come to think of it, there was hardly a male caller wanting to visit a female prisoner. Either the men did not use public transport or they didn’t bother to visit. What did this tell you?

From the Back Cover

Olympic fever runs high in the Australian summer of 1999 and 17-year-old Sydney has caught it. Little does she know taking a holiday job in the beehive that is the Olympics’ public-transport call centre will be life altering. Shaken by her parents’ divorce, the sheltered Aussie is further plagued by abusive callers, obnoxious government agencies, constrictive office rules, and liberated friends. She is trying to negotiate these challenges as her own personal Olympics when Pete finds her. Pete, Boston’s former child prodigy whose soothing voice floats across her workstation, sees through Sydney’s tough outer shell. Pete knows what it takes to present a dignified front when all you want to do is howl at the moon. Treating their friendship like an art, he invests time and creative effort to pull Sydney out of her despair. Tragedy strikes when an accident leaves Pete with a major brain injury in a Boston hospital. When the going gets very, very tough, will you abandon the one who has promised to love you until he dies?Set in Sydney and Boston where heartbreaks are juxtaposed humour, SYDNEY’S SONG is a young girl’s courageous journey to adulthood and a love story. A work of fiction based on real events, this novel with an Australian accent also shows the world that living with disabilities does not prevent a person from attaining happiness.
‘Intelligent, touching, interesting and funny.’ – Irina Dunn, director of Australian Writers Network

“Grounded firmly in a suburban setting with real characters.’ – Jacob Coates, Jaffa Books.

‘Haunting.’ – Mary Metcalfe, author of Winds of Change.

‘Demonstrates the way in which human beings can thrive under adversity using the power of their hearts and wills.’ – Matt Posner, teacher, speaker, and author of School of the Ages

‘Riveting… a young woman who is very keenly perceptive in all people and situations about her.’ – Norma Fowler, author of The False Prophet

‘ Touched me in ways most books don’t.’ – Phil Nork, author of Misguided Sensitivity

About the Author

Ia Uaro is an Australian author. She was born in the beautiful and remote, world’s widest tea plantation by Mount Kerinci in Sumatra where her dad was the plantation’s accountant, her mum a teacher. Her dad died when Ia was 13, and Ia moved across the ocean. She proceeded to become the busiest teen ever: playing in a drum band, tutoring maths, learning languages including English as the fifth language, and, at 17, a teen magazine published Ia’s first fiction as a serial. Inundated by her fans’ letters, the publisher printed it as a book, which was subsequently bought by the Indonesian Department of Education for high-school libraries. Ia used the proceeds to help fund her university studies, during which time she was active in aero-modelling, martial arts, mountaineering, speleology… and studied petroleum seismology among her music-playing friends. After her graduation Ia worked with French, Norwegian and American geophysical companies, besides being a volunteer translator.
In Sydney since 1995, Ia is a mum who does several kinds of volunteer work for the community, assesses manuscripts, and writes real-life socio-fiction. Her husband, who suffers permanent partial brain damage, says Ia now sleep-talks in English. Part of SYDNEY’S SONG’s proceeds will be donated to the Brain Foundation. Ia’s website: sydneyssong.net Twitter: @sydneyssong

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