Horsham’s Heather Farrell has welcomed the public release of a song about a significant event in her life.

Australian independent country artist Justin Landers wrote a traditional country ballad ‘Book Of Endless Wonder’ based on his friend Mrs Farrell’s story of a treasured family heirloom.

“Family heirlooms are extraordinary. They could be anything from an inanimate object to an expensive piece of jewellery,” Landers said.

“What makes them special are the stories and memories that are attached to them.”

Mrs Farrell was preparing to move from her dilapidated family home to a newer home when she came across the family atlas. “She told me about the story of how she and her late husband, Mick, scrimped and saved to buy the atlas for the kids when they were a young family and how it would come down from the shelf whenever the kids had questions about the world and foreign places,” Landers said.

Landers said despite the emotional tie, Mrs Farrell did not have a place for the atlas.

“She offered it to each of her children, but it was no longer wanted as maps and worldly information are now easily obtained on the internet,” he said.

Mrs Farrell donated the atlas to St Vinnies, where she witnessed an enthusiastic young boy finding the book and thankfully, the treasured book found a new home.

Mrs Farrell told The Weekly Advertiser in an earlier story in March the song symbolised her.

“The words of the song capture the emotion of it, I was blown away by how well Justin put it, the lyrics on their own, before the music was added had me in tears,” she said.

“There’s something special about his song, it’s something our family will always have and it’s a wonderful gift.”

Book Of Endless Wonder is available for download from Blue Shamrock Music, Australian Music Radio Air Play or from digital media stores.

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