The Egg Collector

This IPPY award-winning book is a modern love story with the lights left on.
After spending most of his adult life avoiding responsibility, Myles Copley returns to his hometown to find his father being fitted for a straightjacket, and his childhood sweetheart available if not exactly waiting patiently for his return. It is an ideal opportunity for the errant son to reconnect with his maligned father and the grown man to make amends for the sins of his youth.
The Egg Collector is a life-affirming tale of sex, lies and dementia, of monster rats and wild birds' eggs, and of accidental redemption for two stubborn souls hell bent on staying single. It is also the most satisfying forty-year courtship you will find this year, and a candid look at the sweaty, complicated realities of love the second time around.
"It is with much regret that I finally finished your wonderful story "The Egg Collector". It was like reading a thriller and I doled it out sparingly to prolong the experience. An evocative memoir covering four decades of love and tragedy woven together, much like a bird's nest. It's a movie waiting to happen!" Lyndle Hawkes - reader.