- Paperback: 202 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse (1 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 059522668X
- ISBN-13: 978-0595226689
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,337,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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All You Need is Luck is the very funny story of an ordinary couple who decided to take a chance and do something extraordinary which others only dream about. Six years ago Frank and Maria Nelson traded in excellent jobs, financial security, the safety net of family and friends, plus deep roots in their local community, for a nomadic lifestyle few people ever experience. All You Need is Luck recounts their first two years on the road after saying goodbye to their home in New Zealand. During this time they lived and worked in Australia, England and the United States besides visiting Indonesia, France and Thailand. Leaving their comfort zone thousands of miles behind, they worked at American summer camps in Vermont and Cape Cod; at hospitals, a university and other jobs in Melbourne and Brisbane; and looked after scores of pampered pets in the poshest of homes all over England. This amusing adventure will appeal to anyone with a sense of humour but especially those who sometimes wonder what it would be like just to take off...and keep going.
About the Author
International journalist Frank Nelson has worked for newspapers, magazines and universities as an editor, senior reporter, arts critic, feature and business writer and photo-journalist. He and his wife Maria, a registered nurse, have two grown-up children and a home in New Zealand when not living out of a suitcase.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A new Bill Bryson on the block?, 14 Sep 2002
By Cy Noonan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All You Need is Luck: When the Kids Left Home, So Did They (Paperback)
I'm a great fan of travel writers, especially ones who make me laugh, like Bill Bryson and Pete McCarthy. I've never heard of Frank Nelson before but he sure made me laugh. This book covers a lot of ground, from New Zealand to New England to old England, with a few other stops along the way. I think Nelson is originally English. Anyway he certainly has that dry British sense of humor while also (like Bryson and McCarthy) a sharp eye for the ridiculous things all around us in everyday life. In addition to all the laughs, this tale of two ordinary people just roaming the world year after year makes fascinating reading. I'm envious!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An Entertaining Book, 24 Jun 2004
By Frank Nelson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All You Need is Luck: When the Kids Left Home, So Did They (Paperback)
As the author of "All You Need is Luck", I am delighted that Michael Frederick found this book entertaining. Humor being a matter of such individual taste, "entertaining" is definitely a description I prefer to "funny" or "side-splitting." I hope he'll find the just-published sequel, "A Little More Luck", equally entertaining.I would, however, just like to correct a possibly misleading impression left by something Michael wrote in his review. He says he was looking "more for a tale of a few exotic locales and more far-flung adventures" and in this connection mentions only our visit to Bangkok.
In fact, almost three times as much space in the book is devoted to the time we spent on Bali and the neighboring Indonesian island of Lombok, destinations I think most readers would consider pretty exotic and far-flung.
Having said that, I'm happy to concede that the book, true to the notes on the back cover, does indeed focus on the adventures we had while living and working in New Zealand, Australia, England and the United States.
P. S. Although I think the book really deserves five stars, I'm giving it just four so as not to unduly influence the existing star-rating!
3.0 out of 5 stars
All You Need is Luck, 9 Jan 2010
By HM SPEARMAN - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: All You Need is Luck: When the Kids Left Home, So Did They (Paperback)
I read it with interest because I am also a New Zealander and have been travelling by way of house / animal sitting in Ireland and UK. I was disappointed, it was pretty average reading.
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