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No, I Won't Buy You a Drink!

Penned By D.J. Gifford
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No, I Won't Buy You a Drink!

Penned By D.J. Gifford
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The epic wasn’t in the journey. The epic was in the people.No, I Won’t Buy You a Drink! is the true story of D.J. Gifford’s life, written through the lens of Ricardo, in the face-to-face world of the 1990s - before smartphones and social media changed the way strangers connected.Armed with little more than a backpack and an open mind, Ricardo sets out to explore Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and the Bahamas. He dreams of sailing across the Atlantic, but recurring pancreatitis has other ideas. Living with hearing loss from childhood, he soon discovers that life rarely follows the map we draw for ourselves.The further Ricardo travelled, the more one idea began to unravel. He began to wonder whether the world was divided less by countries than by the invisible ways people protected themselves from one another. Every genuine conversation chipped away at those walls, revealing that behind fear, pride and expectation, people were often searching for the same thing: to be seen for who they really were.Warm, honest and often humorous, No, I Won’t Buy You a Drink! is a memoir about travel, resilience and authentic human connection. It is an invitation to look beyond first impressions, to embrace the unexpected, and to rediscover the extraordinary people hidden within seemingly ordinary lives.

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Released December 30, 2025
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D.J. Gifford writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. D.J. Gifford lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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