Rise and Shine, Little Man: Memories of a Seaside Childhood

The youngest member of a loving family in the 1960s struggles to accept school, God, Santa Claus, and other categories. When he loses his mother to dementia at 81, he loses interest in everything until a series of unusual events leads him back to his loves of music, art, and humor. He realizes that he is moving towards happiness and his true life's purpose, which his parents would have approved of.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2024
Publisher: Hawkwood Books

This is the story of a young boy growing up in the seaside town of Blackpool. He is the youngest member of a typical loving family of four. The era is the nineteen sixties, and despite having a very close bond with his mother, David has quite a job coming to terms with everything else. This includes school, God, Santa Claus, and pretty much all other categories in between. Later in life, when he loses his mum to dementia at the age of 81, things begin to take a downward turn. The loss has affected him much more than he had ever expected. He loses interest in most things, until suddenly a number of unusual events begin to mysteriously point him back in the direction of all the things he loved—music, art, and humor, to name but a few. Is someone somewhere trying to tell him something, and if so, who? As events begin to unfold and the universe starts to make a lot more sense, David realizes that maybe he is finally moving towards happiness and his true life's purpose. Something that his mum and dad would have surely approved of. More reading and writing, and having a lot more faith.

This is the story of a young boy growing up in the seaside town of Blackpool. He is the youngest member of a typical loving family of four. The era is the nineteen sixties, and despite having a very close bond with his mother, David has quite a job coming to terms with everything else. This includes school, God, Santa Claus, and pretty much all other categories in between. Later in life, when he loses his mum to dementia at the age of 81, things begin to take a downward turn. The loss has affected him much more than he had ever expected. He loses interest in most things, until suddenly a number of unusual events begin to mysteriously point him back in the direction of all the things he loved—music, art, and humor, to name but a few. Is someone somewhere trying to tell him something, and if so, who? As events begin to unfold and the universe starts to make a lot more sense, David realizes that maybe he is finally moving towards happiness and his true life's purpose. Something that his mum and dad would have surely approved of. More reading and writing, and having a lot more faith.

Weight: 188g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781739323974