Memory Spill - Couverture souple

Wilson, Mr Sandy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1536958409 ISBN 13 : 9781536958409

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

My memoir begins in 1953 and spans almost two decades: a time when life was uncomplicated. There were only two television channels, and we communicated through cumbersome telephones in cold draughty hallways. We children unfettered by Health and Safety invented our own games and designed the props.At Lasswade Primary School we sang with an American music teacher about bees buzzing in peppermint trees, and Mr Horn, a missionary, screened an inappropriate film about leopards (or was it lepers). The past haunted my granny’s home. A railway station mysteriously burned to the ground. A peculiar cricket match took place on the playing fields of Lasswade High School. A starship failed to reach the stars, and there was Bob-a-Job mayhem. We danced with the Devil in the church vestry and danced to Glenn Miller’s big-band sound at a school Christmas party. During a bizarre Italian holiday, my brother and I escaped the talons of the signore of the night in Rome and watched a drive-in movie at an American military base near Naples. All this and more happened during my childhood and adolescence in the town of Bonnyrigg, near Edinburgh in Scotland.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sandy Wilson is in his mid-60s. His life has been a journey of experiences, mostly of normality, but also of sad, sometimes heartbreaking episodes, funny moments, and moments of high hilarity. These experiences provide the backstory for many of his poems and stories. He began writing by contributing stories to his daughter's blog; memoirs, mainly humorous, about his life and her childhood. This led to the writing of his memoir ‘Memory Spill’. His stories and poetry have been featured in the anthology ‘The Pulse of Everything’ (available from Amazon) including an extract from ‘Memory Spill’ titled ‘The School Dance’. His poem, ‘You miss her too’ and the flash fiction 9/11 story ‘Jump Back’ were published in ‘The Drabble’. Sandy is now working on a memoir ‘Too Close to The Sun’, a humorous account of the years he lived and worked in Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1536958409
• ISBN 13: 9781536958409
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 189
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg