Blue Sparrows

About the Book

INTRODUCTION Young Billy Sparrow receives a letter from an Australian Lawyer stating he is the sole heir to his late aunt’s Will. The Will provides free airfares from England to Australia for Billy and one other family member. Billy’s irascible, booze loving, Uncle Fred is coerced into accompanying him. In Brisbane, Billy discovers that he must reside on the Queensland Gemfields for at least six months to be eligible for a very large amount of money and the Deeds to a “Rustic” property. They travel to the dusty, rural town of Sapphire with Blue, their newly acquired, “Gem-seeking” dog, where they embark on a series of frequently hilarious and invariably drunken adventures. During their stay they experience true love, find valuable sapphires, make exceptional friends and suffer exceptional hangovers…. The pair are left totally shocked when the time comes for Billy to collect his inheritance.

About the Author

Stuart spent most of his childhood in Bridlington, England. He joined the royal navy as a boy seaman and served twelve rewarding years. He immigrated to Australia in 1971. Now retired, Stuart lives on the central Queensland gemfields and finds and carves sapphire as a part-time hobby.