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Stranger on the Shore

Stranger on the Shore

by JohnSymons (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

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Synopsis

Tracing the life of the author's father, this passionate, vivid memoir follows him through his childhood in the west of England, his successful 25-year career in the Indian Army prior to the country's independence in 1947, and his final years in Devonshire, where he raised a family while the symptoms of Hungington's disease gradually set in. Born of a family of impoverished Cornish fishermen, he and his six sisters cared for their dying mother after losing their father at the start of the First World War, before Huntington's reared itself in their lives and led to the early death of three of the siblings. An absorbing, tense story of an emerging family crisis, this is an inspiring narrative showing that, through courage and faith in the face of great adversity, peace can be found.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 160
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Published: 01 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 0856832642
ISBN 13: 9780856832642
Prizes: Long-listed for People's Book Prize: Non-Fiction 2010.

Media Reviews
The writer is a consummate artist in style, with a poet's eye for detail. The story is exceptionally vivid - expressing deep faith and perception of the meaning of life, moving to tears, and searching' - C.F.D. Moule, professor emeritus, theology, Cambridge. 'Full of humanity and the valour of the human spirit, telling a tragic story with no self-pity - You feel that you are there and connect the story with the experience of loss in your own life' - Prof. Heather Skirton, NHS consultant. 'In its own way, a spiritual classic, covering ground I imagine never covered before' - Dr Giles Mercer, Catholic layman and scholar, Knight of St Gregory. 'Utterly compelling. A portrayal of how this cruel disease affects a family and the courage of their response; deeply moving and profound in its sensitivity, placing the story, at its end, in the wider theological context of how to make sense of human suffering' - Rachel Brookes, nursing sister, who has cared for Huntington's disease patients. The writer is a consummate artist in style, with a poet's eye for detail. The story is exceptionally vivid ... expressing deep faith and perception of the meaning of life, moving to tears, and searching -- C.F.D. Moule Full of humanity and the valour of the human spirit, telling a tragic story with no self-pity ... You feel that you are there and connect the story with the experience of loss in your own life -- Prof. Heather Skirton In its own way, a spiritual classic, covering ground I imagine never covered before -- Dr Giles Mercer
Author Bio
John Symons spent the first two years of his life in India and the next sixteen in Cornwall and Devon. He was educated at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. He has worked for many years as an executive and life coach, and as an adjudicator in management and staff disputes. He lives in East Sussex.