Boy from Rod Alley
The Boy from Rod Alley is an account of a 1930s childhood. This depiction of one boy's experience blends into a story of a decade, in the aftermath of the Great War, as ex-soldiers ride their old army bikes, 'widow-women' are familiar figures and 'Umbrella Joe' paces in shell-shock aimlessness.John guides readers past the deep pond in front of the house, both feared and loved, with surrounding willows simultaneously familiar and a challenge. The great village Green, with a mixture of humble or imposing dwellings, and school, church, chapels, shops, a smithy, and his family agricultural-engineering workshop and foundry around its edge, holds d…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78901-944-5
- EAN: 9781789019445
- Produktnummer: 35581717
- Verlag: Troubador Publishing Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
John Loveday, a former teacher, was born in 1926. His novel Halo (Fourth Estate) won the McKitterick and the David Higham prizes, and was published internationally, as was Goodbye, Buffalo Sky (Bloomsbury), which won Best Children's Book Award. Adding to his published poetry, and painting in oils, are remaining interests.
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