Evacuee's Return - Farrell, Tom
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It is June 1941 in war-scarred Liverpool. Tim Oliver, back at home now the Blitz has ended, is finding life a struggle. He fails to win a place at the Collegiate, where his father had been a star pupil. Angry and ashamed, he considers himself ‘a kind of war casualty’, and gives up on school until, with the help of a mysterious ‘friend of the family’ he finally wins through. Tim’s struggles are played out against the background of the last four years of the war. A sequel to ‘Tim Oliver, evacuee’, ‘Evacuees Return’ is a fictionalised memoir.

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Produktbeschreibung
It is June 1941 in war-scarred Liverpool. Tim Oliver, back at home now the Blitz has ended, is finding life a struggle. He fails to win a place at the Collegiate, where his father had been a star pupil. Angry and ashamed, he considers himself ‘a kind of war casualty’, and gives up on school until, with the help of a mysterious ‘friend of the family’ he finally wins through. Tim’s struggles are played out against the background of the last four years of the war. A sequel to ‘Tim Oliver, evacuee’, ‘Evacuees Return’ is a fictionalised memoir.
Autorenporträt
Tom Farrell has worked as a golf course starter, a chemist and clerked at City Hall in Chicago, while attending law school and the local horse tracks. He is the author of The Wager Series, including the award-winning Wager Tough (Book One), WagerEasy and Wager Smart. He was voted the 2024 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The series offers an insider's view of gambling on sports, horseracing, and poker, with a nod to the small-time player and the need for caution.