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About the Book

Jack Dempsey drives between Brisbane and Hervey Bay, Australia, transporting passengers where they need to go. Jack doesn’t make any appreciable amount of money with his occupation, but the stories his passengers tell of their dysfunctional families make his job quite amusing and satisfying, like the alcoholic mother who runs the family bar or the man who’s having an affair with a married woman twenty years his senior. Jack Dempsey never has a dull moment driving around his dramatic and diverse passengers.

About the Author

Maureen Greaves was born in Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland. There she attended St. Louis Convent, where she gained honors in her intermediate and leaving certificates. She also gained honors in English literature and freelance journalism. She has travelled to many countries in the world, settling in Brisbane, Australia, during the eighties. She attended TAFE College there, gaining diplomas in short story writing and freelance journalism. She has had short stories published in leading Australian magazines and is published online with Triond. In her teens Maureen and her friend Margaret went to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in search of employment. Being Catholic was a drawback in that field, so they went to London, England. There was great freedom there; you could get a job on your own merit, and nobody was on about what church you went to. Maureen got married in London in the sixties and had two children, Diane and Derek. Maureen now lives with her daughter Diane in Brisbane, Australia.