Overview
Tracing the life of the author's father, this passionate, vivid memoir follows him through his childhood in west England, his successful 25-year career in the Indian Army before the country's independence in 1947, and his final years in Devonshire, where he raised a family while the symptoms of Huntington'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 World War I--before Huntington's reared itself in their lives and lead to the death of three of the siblings. An absorbing, tense story of a building 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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- ISBN-13: 9780856832642
- ISBN-10: 0856832642
- Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers
- Publish Date: April 2009
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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