{"product_id":"home-base-by-keith-westwater-9781988595467","title":"Home Base","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeith's stepmother, 'Maw', gives him an ultimatum — at fifteen, he must either leave school to work or join the army. Faced with this choice, Keith departs Auckland and reports to the Waiouru military camp, enlisting as a regular force cadet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHome Base\u003c\/em\u003e is a snapshot of Keith Westwater's boy-soldier life in the New Zealand Army during the 1960s. Transitioning from a motherless and peripatetic childhood depicted in \u003cem\u003eNo One Home\u003c\/em\u003e, the sequel, \u003cem\u003eHome Base\u003c\/em\u003e, is where Keith finally finds a place to call home: underneath Mount Ruapehu's shadow and amongst his fellow cadets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom spit-polished 'brightly black' boots to doing 'the marchie marchie', \u003cem\u003eHome Base\u003c\/em\u003e offers a candid and often humorous look at the lives of Regular Force Cadets. It's also a memoir of Keith's adolescence, depicted through handwritten diary entries, photographs, maps, and poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46127533424876,"sku":"9781988595467","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781988595467.jpg?v=1737622016","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/home-base-by-keith-westwater-9781988595467","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}