In Blacktown , Weaver recalls how as a boy he lived a nightmare every day to become an angry young man who learned to channel his rage into boxing, going on to become an Australian champion. Haunted by his past, he embraces alcohol and drugs with a terrifying intensity, teetering on the edge of the criminal, violent world in which he grew up. One day, jobless and on the run, with a wife and three kids to support, all his past lives collide to help him create an inspired application for a copywriting job. The result is a new start - and a whole new life. Best of all, he finds the love of a good woman who helps him rebuild his life. Weaver went on to become an internationally award-winning Creative Director of multinational advertising agency, Ogilvy and Mather, in Hong Kong. In June 2004 Shane Weaver sadly lost his battle with liver cancer after being diagnosed only a month earlier.