April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay, ISBN 9780140272932

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This is the moving story of the author's son Damon, who died on the morning of April Fool's Day, and his battle with haemophilia and AIDS. Told from the perspectives of the author, Damon, Damon's mother and his partner, Celeste, this haunting story of love and sadness is one you will remember.

'April Fool's Day' is controversial, painful and heartbreaking, yet has a gentle humour. It is also life-affirming and, above all, testimony to the incredible regenerative strength of love - how when we confront our worst, we can become our best.

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About the Author: Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay (born 14 August 1933) is a South African-born Australian novelist born in Johannesburg. He spent most of his early years in a small village in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa's Limpopo province.
His novels are primarily set in either Australia, his adopted country, or South Africa, the country of his birth. His first book, The Power of One, was published in 1989 and, despite Courtenay's fears that it would never sell, quickly became one of Australia's best-selling books by any living author. The story has since been made into a film - as well as being re-released in a version fit for children to read. Bryce Courtenay is one of Australia's most commercially successful authors. However, only The Power of One has been published in the United States. Courtenay claims that this is because "American publishers for the most part have difficulties about Australia, they are interested in books in their own country first and foremost. However, we receive many e-mails and letters from Americans who have read my books and I am hoping in the future that publishers will recognize that there is a market for all my books in the U.S."
He came to Australia after being banned from returning to South Africa for starting a weekend school at the prestigious boys school he attended. He had met Benita (whom he later married and has three children with), who invited him to come to Australia, which he did, and has lived there ever since. Bryce Courtenay now lives in Bowral, NSW, with his partner, Christine.

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