Voyages to Serendip

Strap yourself in. John Smith's life is about to change in a manner he never envisioned. As a non-conformist schoolboy, he has a burning need to escape the comfort of southeast London suburbia, escape the industrial hemorrhaging of a post empire Britain, escape the zombies of death. This dazzling memoir, written in beautiful, confident prose begins in 1977 with England in a state of despair. How does a boy become a man? It's a question as old as life itself. He decides to travel in a different world, experience life, women, poverty and the fear of war in a vivid account through a young man's eyes. His adventures at sea and on land teach him who he is and what he truly wants from life. He visits the dazzling lights of New York, Cape Town and Hong Kong, but also the numbing blandness of Suez and Halul, the rigidity of religious Arabia and the poverty of West Africa. Along the way, John has time to reflect on some philosophical aspects of life. What begins as an escape becomes a search for something else, something hidden awaiting to be found. Immerse yourself in Voyages to Serendip, a story about recognizing where you come from and the random, struggle to find a way forward revealed in fate. Written with candor and self-deprecating humor, this memoir will literally take you round the world to find a better place. Voyages to Serendip tells the age-old tale of growing up, but in a very different style.

Strap yourself in. John Smith's life is about to change in a manner he never envisioned. As a non-conformist schoolboy, he has a burning need to escape the comfort of southeast London suburbia, escape the industrial hemorrhaging of a post empire Britain, escape the zombies of death. This dazzling memoir, written in beautiful, confident prose begins in 1977 with England in a state of despair. How does a boy become a man? It's a question as old as life itself. He decides to travel in a different world, experience life, women, poverty and the fear of war in a vivid account through a young man's eyes. His adventures at sea and on land teach him who he is and what he truly wants from life. He visits the dazzling lights of New York, Cape Town and Hong Kong, but also the numbing blandness of Suez and Halul, the rigidity of religious Arabia and the poverty of West Africa. Along the way, John has time to reflect on some philosophical aspects of life. What begins as an escape becomes a search for something else, something hidden awaiting to be found. Immerse yourself in Voyages to Serendip, a story about recognizing where you come from and the random, struggle to find a way forward revealed in fate. Written with candor and self-deprecating humor, this memoir will literally take you round the world to find a better place. Voyages to Serendip tells the age-old tale of growing up, but in a very different style.

Sean Currie is yet to be a best-selling author, but this is his first book, so there's time yet. He was born into the suburban life of south east London, the last of the baby boomers, in a relaxed world of the English semi, Association football and Carry On films. He grew up reading of other places and other peoples. Being a rebellious child and almost ugly for no reason, with increasing disillusionment of industrial action, power cuts and the Sex Pistols, he decides to see the world, from the inside out. His career has taken him to every continent and a lot of places where he met astonishment, poverty and war. He's never won a writing award, but he's pretty good at formatting. He had ups and downs in life, like most people, but in 1988 he found serendipity and has been happy ever since. He tells old stories, but does so under a third-person guise, so that's okay. Sean is married to his best friend, the best cook and the most beautiful Danny, who has never written a book but has agreed to read this one. If you want to know about the book, visit the website: https://voyagestoserendip.com/