Teardrop - Patrick Gildea Book
Tragedy strikes a young married couple living in Bradford West Yorkshire in the late 1940s. Timmothy Doves wife dies after prematurely giving birth to a set of triplets, two sons and a daughter. Timmothy struggles to bring up his new family on his own, he finally realises that he can no longer give them the love, attention and sustenance that they require, therefore he has no option but to put his three children into the care of the local authority. Two of the children are soon adopted, the other one Sidney unbeknown to him was named after his late grandfather just seems to be the odd one out, he is in and out of different fostering family homes and regularly returns back into the care of the local authority because of his disruptive behaviour. None of the children were to be informed of the tragic circumstances in which both their parents died, and it was agreed by the authoritys that the childrens new parents would also be given no background details of their past life.
P>About the Author: Patrick Gildea was born in Paisley, Scotland, he moved from Paisley to Bradford, West Yorkshire, in his late teens after meeting his wife-to-be Maureen on holiday in the Isle of Man. They both lived happily in the West Riding for the next forty years. Now fifty years on since they met, both are still joined at the hip. Pat, as he in known by his friends, has now retired and has relocated once again with his wife, this time to Southend on Sea in Essex to be nearer to their daughter, Morgan; and grandchildren, Scarlett and Hugo. His style of fictional writing will have you in tucks of laughter one minute and then have you reduced to tears the next. Patricks academic qualifications stemmed from the University of Life, having worked in the construction industry for over the past twenty years. The latter part of his working life was spent as a senior officer working for local government. His life skills moved him away from a plumbers blowlamp to producing various technical reports to senior council officials and local members of parliament.(BK-9781398497351)
SKU | BK-9781398497351 |
Barcode # | 9781398497351 |
Brand | Austin Macauley |
Artist / Author | Patrick Gildea |
Shipping Weight | 0.3200kg |
Shipping Width | 0.160m |
Shipping Height | 0.010m |
Shipping Length | 0.230m |
Type | Paperback |
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