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growing up in the west of scotland in the 1970s in an rc working class background. about my family, friends, church, hobbies, holidays, school and a climate of honesty and integrity against a harsh background of steelworks and houses with no central heating.
for general audience. on www.amazon.co.uk for £12.50
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softcover, 208 pages. | |  | | a child's autobiograpy vol 2
follow up to vol 1 - story of catholic working class background in early 80s west scotland
story of how life in a tough council estate is tempered with hope for the future with values of honesty and integrity at school and home, and the family, fav tv and music, hobbies, and social gatherings provide happiness in early adolescence before harsher realities of later life as well as coming to terms with difficulties with making friends. normal teenage worries like exams are discussed as well as disappointments such as missing out on a holiday but thrills such as getting a signed photo of a celebrity. references to sport and political/industrial events of the time and popular tv and m | |  | | runaway pickpocket
A rags to riches story set in the US and England in the 70s. Jack, from 9 to 13, goes from being a runaway torag to a polite boy. He is extremely deprived, never changing his clothes, his parents dislike him and authorities imprison him. the novel has nasty authority figures - his family, neighbours, truant officers, teachers, policemen - all of whom he struggles with for freedom. his spirit endures, and after escapes from institutions, he goes overseas, befriending 2 immigrants who allow him to stay with them and he experiences love at last. there are still obstacles to overcome - but his life is heaven.
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7 point 7 (On the Richter Scale)
by Miller Caldwell
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 A book for every Muslim and everyone wishing to know about their way of life. The Diary of the Camp Manager at Mundihar following the South Asian Earthquake - October 2005. An account of life after the Earthquake in one of the largest of the 161 camp |
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