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ADVANCE INFORMATIONSergeant JackJohnDavidHarrisM.Ed.KEY SELLING POINTSAhistoricalnovelpartially based on historicalfact. Aromanceinterwovenaroundhistoricalfacts.Set during the First World War.Jackwasbornaround1880,theresultofanadulterousone-nightstand,theperpetratorofwhichwasfacially scaredforlifebyherhusband.Afterthefamilydisintegrated,JackwenttoCroydontolivewithhisupmarketprostituteaunt.Later,while workinginalocalbutcher%u2019s,he promised to takeoneof hiscustomers to alocaldanceandtheybecamevery fond of eachother, but, duringWorld WarOne, asaSergeant,hesawherkilled by aGermansniper.Soon,woundedon theSomme, Jackcametotheattentionof astatuesqueandsensuousyoungnurse,buthis schoolfriend,Michael,getskilledinthesamebattle anditfallstoJacktoburyhim.HepromisesMichaelthat hewill live a life forthemboth.SeriouslywoundedatArrasCity,Jack is repatriatedhomein timetoseehisEnglishfianc%u00e9edieunderthe hoovesofahorse-drawnbus%u2013afterwhichheremainsina drunkenstuporformonths.However,afteravision ofMichaelwhoremindsJackof hispromise tolive forthemboth,heasksthenursefromthefield hospitalto marryhim,andtheyliveoutanidyllic lifetogether.John David Harris, M.Ed.trainedasanArtTeacherduringwhichtimeheregularlyexhibitedintheSussex Artists Exhibition held annually atBrightonRoyal Pavilion.He obtained amaster%u2019s degree before leaving educationtobecomealandlordsohecouldpursuehispaintingandwritingcareer.Hehaspreviously publishedBeyondtheCattleArch(Matador, 2018) andStrawHat(Matador, 2020).He lives inWest Sussex.Comparative title: 9781789016222 Straw Hat (Aug 2020)Publication Date: 28th October 2024 %u00a39.99 ISBN:9781836280330 Thema subject category: FRH %u2013 Historicalromancepaperback 198 x 129 mm 136 pp Portrait Authorlocation: West SussexSales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales
