You Couldn't Make it Up!: Ordinary Guy, Extraordinary Life - Brossura

Believing life is not a rehearsal, and with the world at his feet, Mike took it full on! How many people can say they've survived a tarantula bite, been deported from Iran, explored the wilderness in Antarctica, and served on a Foreign Office Commission? Mike Freedman can. You Couldn't Make It Up! is his memoir, spanning 70 years, that details his extraordinary experiences. Having been on a plane halfway across the Atlantic during 9/11, as well as exploring the Malaysian jungle and Namibian desert and running marathons, Mike tells of how he is lucky to have had such an array of exciting and scary experiences. Despite having been expelled from school, Mike has received degrees from University College London, Oxford, University of theâ Arts, London, and Saskatchewan in Canada. His life is littered with unusual events and unbelievable escapes that show just how you can make your own luck. An amusing and fast read, written in a chatty and friendly style, You Couldn't Make It Up! will appeal to anyone of an adventurous nature, while serving as an inspiration to the younger generation and providing a reminder to the older of a golden time. In addition to Mike's many adventures, You Couldn't Make It Up! also details his moral and political values, adding a serious facet to the book. "I wanted to leave my story as a legacy to my children and grandchildren,"â says Mike, who classes himself as a wilderness adventurer as well as being a husband, father and grandfather. He had a successful international business career and parallel political one. Mike is now an artist.