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    Never Give Up Son
    Never Give Up Son
    Never Give Up Son
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    Never Give Up Son

    By Mario Guerra

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    "Never Give Up, Son" is a book that tells the story of the author’s mother and father, but also hits a lot on mental illness and racism. The author explains why the murder of a politician was not the City of Griffith’s greatest tragedy, but rather the mysterious disappearance of Paulo Lorenzo Guerra, who was incarcerated in a mental asylum for forty years. The author believes that racism is a form of mental illness. Why four innocent men were sent to a place worse than death needs some explaining, certainly it was Griffith’s greatest tragedy. However, the author has taken away a lot of the sadness by telling of his battles with the truckies of Razorback, his ties with the Griffith families, his feuds with the railway barons, the building of a transport empire, and the antics he was to get up to at King’s Cross Sydney, Griffith and Yenda - all of these should make for interesting reading and will raise a few eyebrows.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReadOnTime BV
    Release dateDec 7, 2012
    ISBN9781742841625
    Never Give Up Son
    Author

    Mario Guerra

    Mario Guerra’s life has been a complex and colorful one. His earliest recollection of life was watching his mother chase a kangaroo out of her kitchen. Another is asking about his father, why he was not with them. At the age of six, he went with his mother by train to see his father at the Kenmore Mental Asylum. There was a war going on, with Italy the enemy, and his mother explained that it was not mental illness that had destroyed their family but the scourges of war. His two uncles and his grandfather were also put away in mental asylums - all four incarcerated in tragic ways. In his early twenties, the author became determined to do something about his father and his uncles. The author’s journey has taken him into becoming a very fast box maker, a singer and at times, an actor. The author was good at boxing and rugby, and because of racism, he became known as a street fighter. He worked as a railway fireman, and was called up to do army service. Later, he became a fruit farmer for seven years before finally moving up to the challenge of road transport and a brick agency. He became a political activist for a short time, a boxing trainer and boxing promoter. The author makes no apologies about the sadness of his book and how an Italian migrant, the author’s mother, coped. This book is dedicated to his mother, her tragic life and her cruel death.

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