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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Coming of Age
  • Language:English
  • Pages:135
  • eBook ISBN:9781483534145

Somewhere Night Falls

Stories of Childhood - Yesterday and Today

by Neil Stanners

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Overview

We were all children once. Walk along this winding path through childhood past and present. Pick the time and place. Listen to a memory. Recognise a moment.

Description

We were all children once. Take this winding path through childhood past and present. A boy living in a coastal town in WWII and longing for father to come home. A bunch of kids stumble on a famous star having a holiday. A farming family find themselves in a flood. Three siblings decide to take on and defeat a myth. A special relationship on an ocean voyage. A childhood love affair and it’s consequences. Teenage testosterone has it’s day. Being a great musician of the future all starts with the past. Admiring the girl next door has age constraints. As the first born in a Chinese family in a conservative town it’s very hard to be a child. Pick the time and place. They’re all there. Go and visit. Stay awhile. Listen to a memory. Recognise a moment.

About the author

Neil Stanners is a Sydney based designer and blues musician. His background in advertising and journalism has led him inevitably into the world of the author. He has been producing fiction for some years. His keen observation of his fellow humans produces stories, characters and places that involve the reader and take them on journeys through life and time.