Bedtime stories were a treasured time of adventure and mystery. My wonderful parents brought me up with a huge love of books. Being only young I assumed that all Beatles were six legged creatures and Flower Power was something to do with the vigorous way my mother kneaded the bread dough. I was born in Essex England during the mid sixties but I missed all the fun. The plot and the writing are perfect to work out the many aspects of the central theme and the well chosen characters show how much more there can be, must be and is to life.Ī gripping story that stayed with me long after I have finished reading it a great achievement and a highly recommendable workīook Three in the series, SCARRED HORIZON has just been released today: Williams however has packed in a lot more into this book than the topic of scars. It involves a group of ex-service men, a country retreat and amongst other things a very complicated love situation. The storyline could almost become secondary to this pressing and well handled central issue. His thoughts about surgery and his future were eye opening and give a lot more food for thought than I would have expected. Joey, an ex-service man whose face has been disfigured by a bomb. Within the first few pages I was hooked and drawn into the mindset of The book concerns a very serious and important issue:The life of physically scarred people and how we and they live with their challenging looks. “Forever Scarred” by Jackie Williams is simply smashing.
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