Michael F. Wynne-willson

Before I Forget . . .again! Michael F. Wynne-willson

In his second memoir, Michael Wynne-Willson offers readers an entirely new life - this one far removed from the skies above war-torn Europe. This second volume picks up following the death of Michael's dear wife, Jackie, and carries us through to the present time, post-9/11.¿For a number of years Michael soldiered on in Hamilton, Mass, as father to Marc and Wendy, while turning himself into a fully-fledged PR man for, of all things, both the New England aquarium, and a local bank. It was not long before he met Anne Patterson, a striking and effervescent young lady from Brookline, and they married in 1970, soon after settling in Westwood, Mass. Before I Forget-Again traces the peripatetic Wynne-Willsons through Africa, Egypt, Jordan, the Far East, even Antarctica. As organizers of numerous exotic tours, the couple managed to travel champagne-class "On a beer income," and Michael's keen wit and powers of observation never fail him, even writing as he is from his comfortable octogenarian perch, The bonus in this book, however, is Anne's own storyof the search for her birth parents, from a time when unwanted pregnancies were hushed and smothered in "homes for wayward girls." Anne's own voice is strong and courageous, and her tale should serve as inspiration to many other happily adopted people who, nonetheless, feel the pull to understand where they came from.