Sunshine & Shadow: A Brothers' Story
Apr 2010 · Allen & Unwin
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A moving Australian story about the power of brotherly love over poverty and circumstance, a tale of playing the hand you've been dealt. At the age of twenty-one, James Dack found himself alone and responsible for raising his younger brother Stephen when their cherished mother lost her battle with cancer. Long estranged from their abusive father, the pair became homeless and took up residence at the local Police Citizens Youth Club.
Through determination and loyalty to each other - and with the memory of their mother's love as the compass by which they kept their bearings - the brothers survived the often brutal culture of the inner-city public housing estates they had always called home and found their places in the world. James obtained work as a hospital orderly to keep his brother at school, but soon found some influential mentors who led him to becoming one of the most successful and respected figures in Australian real estate today.
Stephen - always battling the alcoholism he shared with his father - became a professional boxer, then a street sweeper to support his studies and eventually a criminal lawyer who earned the loyalty of many. The brothers always remained true to the neighbourhood that shaped them, spending much of their time supporting young people in difficult circumstances. That was until Stephen - wanting most to avoid hurting those who loved him - took the ultimate step to destroy his demons.
In Sunshine & Shadow, James and Stephen tell their remarkable story, with both searing honesty and heartfelt emotion.
Through determination and loyalty to each other - and with the memory of their mother's love as the compass by which they kept their bearings - the brothers survived the often brutal culture of the inner-city public housing estates they had always called home and found their places in the world. James obtained work as a hospital orderly to keep his brother at school, but soon found some influential mentors who led him to becoming one of the most successful and respected figures in Australian real estate today.
Stephen - always battling the alcoholism he shared with his father - became a professional boxer, then a street sweeper to support his studies and eventually a criminal lawyer who earned the loyalty of many. The brothers always remained true to the neighbourhood that shaped them, spending much of their time supporting young people in difficult circumstances. That was until Stephen - wanting most to avoid hurting those who loved him - took the ultimate step to destroy his demons.
In Sunshine & Shadow, James and Stephen tell their remarkable story, with both searing honesty and heartfelt emotion.
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December 19, 2011
this is a great read for anyone interested in Sydney's history and also a genuinely incredible life story i work at PCYC and have lived in Woolloomooloo and can say that this is a perfect representation of the place that has formed so many lives, what the Dack family endure i can relate to because of my very own upbringing in Woollo and Lilyfield
About the author
Larry Writer is the author of The Australian Book of True Crime, the Ned Kelly Award-winning Razor, Pleasure and Pain, and Never Before, Never Again. He is a former editor, senior journalist and London bureau chief with Australian Consolidated Press and Time Inc. Magazines. Larry lives in Sydney with his family. James Dack was one of the founding members of McGrath Estate Agents in 1989 and is now holds the position of Sales Director. Recognised as one of the most successful real estate agents in Australia, he has been their number one sales person for the past 19 years. An active member of Sydney's eastern suburbs community, James has been very much involved in the Police and Community Youth Club movement over the last 20 years and as President of the Woolloomooloo City of Sydney PCYC for the last 8 years. Over the past ten years, he has also helped raise over two million dollars for various charities and institutions.
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