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always considered himself a German York, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes
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Australia. In an isolated country town brought to its knees by
those who were lost by telling his
endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest
story, sharing his wisdom and living
calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners
his best possible life. He now
before being shot dead himself. A year later, troubled
believes he is the 'happiest man on
journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a
earth'.Published as Eddie turns 100,
feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he
this is a powerful, heartbreaking and
hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading
ultimately hopeful memoir of how
up to the shooting don't fit with the accepted version of
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