Product Description
Chris Dowding lived a quiet, solitary life as an engineer in Brisbane that only began to change when he met his future wife Kerryn who, after their wedding, persuaded Chris to move to Ireland-to a new beginning. A Few Drops Short of a Pint is the hilarious account of Chris and Kerryn's Irish experience. Capturing Chris's fascinations, frustrations and fears (did you know 58 percent of all motor accidents in Dublin occur during the day, in high visibility conditions with dry weather, on a straight road?) in his new surroundings, the story covers Irish lifestyle issues ranging from water heating to violent political factionalism. While exploring Ireland, A Few Drops Short of a Pint is also a powerful story of self-exploration and discovery, showing that sometimes a change of circumstances is all the therapy we need. Jubilant and demoralised in equal measures, this is a story oozing with razor sharp (and often self-deprecating) wit that beautifully captures the experience of transplanting yourself into a foreign culture.
About the Author
Chris Dowding grew up in Redland Bay, a rural seaside community thirty kilometres south of Brisbane, Australia. He attended the local school in an era when kids got excited by doing tricks with yo-yos or poorly executed stunts on their BMXs.
In the 1990s, he studied civil engineering at QUT in Brisbane. After graduating, he lived a quiet solitary existence until he met his future wife, Kerryn.
Chris and Kerryn moved to Ireland in 2001. Both Kerryn and Ireland had a sense of spontaneity and surprise that Chris had previously avoided in his life. This was so unusual for him that he began writing about his experiences.
Chris and Kerryn now live in Australia, on the Sunshine Coast, with their cat, Mia.
