Riding Fences

Jim Pollock

Losing Belief, Finding Purpose: a Memoir

Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey (Eagles) and Neil Young were icons for a generation of protesters, energised by the anti-Vietnam War movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. Jim came of political age in this time and for ten years was absorbed by an ethos of resistance to a mainstream society he wanted no part of.
Eventually, he broke with this life and walked away from what had been his dreams, identity and sense of place for most of his adult life. It is only when he met his future wife, and they travelled to Zimbabwe to visit Jim’s brother, that a pathway to reinventing himself came into view, rekindling the flame he believed he had lost.

Book Release: Late August 2026

 

About the Author

Jim Pollock has been a secondary teacher for most of his working life and currently works with new generations of teachers at Curtin University in Perth, WA. Jim is the author of "Sakun's Kampot", A modern history of the Cambodian province of Kampot, and has also co-edited “If on this Earth there are Angels” with Addheka SengBou.
Jim can be contacted at jimpollock19@gmail.com.