Shirley Burgess

Stories of Adventure and Misadventure Shirley Burgess

Stories of Adventure and Misadventure is a collection of diverse narratives telling of unexpected perils faced by families or individuals. While many of the stories feature physical action and danger, others tell of a more psychological crisis, such as the postman who wonders if he has witnessed a murder or not, while another relates a historical event through the eyes of two fictitious children in World War 2 Czechoslovakia, while yet another reveals the terror of being caught in an Australian bushfire.

Throughout the book, man's best friend pops up in numerous roles: hero, mate or central figure, because as Josh Billings put it, 'A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than himself.'

The stories are capped off with three experiences from the author's own life, each occurring in a different time period and a different country.

The sixteen stories were selected from a collection of eighty she has enjoyed writing over the last six years of her life.