This Perfect Life
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There is much in life we don’t know and can’t control, but that does not mean one cannot prepare for it. THIS PERFECT LIFE is two true stories, Walter and Emma, that demonstrate both the struggles when life seems too much, and the triumphs that can be realised with a fresh perspective, no matter what life throws at them.
It’s 2018 when Emma and her husband travel to a Sydney hospital from Perth in a last attempt to save their son, Ethan, as he suffers one heart attack after another. He died and was brought back to life four times before the age of two. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong with him, maybe they never will. Living a mother’s worst nightmare, Emma turns inward to reflect on the meaning of life. What could the purpose be for her son—her husband, herself—to go through this? She finds answers when she discovers her great-grandfather’s diary from World War II, which reveals the profound revelations Emma has been searching for, even as she grapples with the harsh reality that her baby may never come home.
It’s the year 1943 in Changi POW Camp and Walter is a young and devoted family man who enlisted in the military at the height of the war. The horrors of war can’t be unseen, and Walter’s cruel trials and endurance of the fall of Singapore is exposed through his deeply personal account. He survives the fight, the betrayal and incompetence of leaders, only to find himself a prisoner of the war he desperately wants to escape. He grips tight to hope, knowing there is greater meaning for what he is going through, even if it means he may never return home to the love of his life.
Emma and Walter’s stories intertwine as both face their own insurmountable challenges, WW2 coming together with 2018, to explore what it means to live one’s best life. Emma, desperate for the doctors to perform a miracle for her newborn child, is forced to prepare for the worst in the same way Walter had to face his own dire end eighty years prior. One soldier’s perspective on life’s significance is revealed bit by bit while Emma searches for that same perspective in the present. The power of love and the human spirit can prevail even in the gravest circumstances.
Please note: This is a digital copy, and is delivered in PDF format.
DIGITAL COPY
There is much in life we don’t know and can’t control, but that does not mean one cannot prepare for it. THIS PERFECT LIFE is two true stories, Walter and Emma, that demonstrate both the struggles when life seems too much, and the triumphs that can be realised with a fresh perspective, no matter what life throws at them.
It’s 2018 when Emma and her husband travel to a Sydney hospital from Perth in a last attempt to save their son, Ethan, as he suffers one heart attack after another. He died and was brought back to life four times before the age of two. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong with him, maybe they never will. Living a mother’s worst nightmare, Emma turns inward to reflect on the meaning of life. What could the purpose be for her son—her husband, herself—to go through this? She finds answers when she discovers her great-grandfather’s diary from World War II, which reveals the profound revelations Emma has been searching for, even as she grapples with the harsh reality that her baby may never come home.
It’s the year 1943 in Changi POW Camp and Walter is a young and devoted family man who enlisted in the military at the height of the war. The horrors of war can’t be unseen, and Walter’s cruel trials and endurance of the fall of Singapore is exposed through his deeply personal account. He survives the fight, the betrayal and incompetence of leaders, only to find himself a prisoner of the war he desperately wants to escape. He grips tight to hope, knowing there is greater meaning for what he is going through, even if it means he may never return home to the love of his life.
Emma and Walter’s stories intertwine as both face their own insurmountable challenges, WW2 coming together with 2018, to explore what it means to live one’s best life. Emma, desperate for the doctors to perform a miracle for her newborn child, is forced to prepare for the worst in the same way Walter had to face his own dire end eighty years prior. One soldier’s perspective on life’s significance is revealed bit by bit while Emma searches for that same perspective in the present. The power of love and the human spirit can prevail even in the gravest circumstances.
Please note: This is a digital copy, and is delivered in PDF format.
DIGITAL COPY
There is much in life we don’t know and can’t control, but that does not mean one cannot prepare for it. THIS PERFECT LIFE is two true stories, Walter and Emma, that demonstrate both the struggles when life seems too much, and the triumphs that can be realised with a fresh perspective, no matter what life throws at them.
It’s 2018 when Emma and her husband travel to a Sydney hospital from Perth in a last attempt to save their son, Ethan, as he suffers one heart attack after another. He died and was brought back to life four times before the age of two. The doctors don’t know what’s wrong with him, maybe they never will. Living a mother’s worst nightmare, Emma turns inward to reflect on the meaning of life. What could the purpose be for her son—her husband, herself—to go through this? She finds answers when she discovers her great-grandfather’s diary from World War II, which reveals the profound revelations Emma has been searching for, even as she grapples with the harsh reality that her baby may never come home.
It’s the year 1943 in Changi POW Camp and Walter is a young and devoted family man who enlisted in the military at the height of the war. The horrors of war can’t be unseen, and Walter’s cruel trials and endurance of the fall of Singapore is exposed through his deeply personal account. He survives the fight, the betrayal and incompetence of leaders, only to find himself a prisoner of the war he desperately wants to escape. He grips tight to hope, knowing there is greater meaning for what he is going through, even if it means he may never return home to the love of his life.
Emma and Walter’s stories intertwine as both face their own insurmountable challenges, WW2 coming together with 2018, to explore what it means to live one’s best life. Emma, desperate for the doctors to perform a miracle for her newborn child, is forced to prepare for the worst in the same way Walter had to face his own dire end eighty years prior. One soldier’s perspective on life’s significance is revealed bit by bit while Emma searches for that same perspective in the present. The power of love and the human spirit can prevail even in the gravest circumstances.
Please note: This is a digital copy, and is delivered in PDF format.