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Tales from Portlaw
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- No Need to Look for Love
- 'The Love Quartet' >
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The Priest's Calling Card
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- Chapter One - The Irish Custom
- Chapter Two - Patrick Duffy's Family Background
- Chapter Three - Patrick Duffy Junior's Vocation to Priesthood
- Chapter Four - The first years of the priesthood
- Chapter Five - Father Patrick Duffy in Seattle
- Chapter Six - Father Patrick Duffy, Portlaw Priest
- Chapter Seven - Patrick Duffy Priest Power
- Chapter Eight - Patrick Duffy Groundless Gossip
- Chapter Nine - Monsignor Duffy of Portlaw
- Chapter Ten - The Portlaw Inheritance of Patrick Duffy
- Bigger and Better >
- The Oldest Woman in the World >
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Sean and Sarah
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- Chapter 1 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
- Chapter 2 - 'The early years of sweet innocence in Portlaw'
- Chapter 3 - 'The Separation'
- Chapter 4 - 'Separation and Betrayal'
- Chapter 5 - 'Portlaw to Manchester'
- Chapter 6 - 'Salford Choices'
- Chapter 7 - 'Life inside Prison'
- Chapter 8 - 'The Aylesbury Pilgrimage'
- Chapter 9 - Sean's interest in stone masonary'
- Chapter 10 - 'Sean's and Tony's Partnership'
- Chapter 11 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
- The Alternative Christmas Party >
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The Life of Liam Lafferty
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- Chapter One: ' Liam Lafferty is born'
- Chapter Two : 'The Baptism of Liam Lafferty'
- Chapter Three: 'The early years of Liam Lafferty'
- Chapter Four : Early Manhood
- Chapter Five : Ned's Secret Past
- Chapter Six : Courtship and Marriage
- Chapter Seven : Liam and Trish marry
- Chapter Eight : Farley meets Ned
- Chapter Nine : 'Ned comes clean to Farley'
- Chapter Ten : Tragedy hits the family
- Chapter Eleven : The future is brighter
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The life and times of Joe Walsh
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- Chapter One : 'The marriage of Margaret Mawd and Thomas Walsh’
- Chapter Two 'The birth of Joe Walsh'
- Chapter Three 'Marriage breakup and betrayal'
- Chapter Four: ' The Walsh family breakup'
- Chapter Five : ' Liverpool Lodgings'
- Chapter Six: ' Settled times are established and tested'
- Chapter Seven : 'Haworth is heaven is a place on earth'
- Chapter Eight: 'Coming out'
- Chapter Nine: Portlaw revenge
- Chapter Ten: ' The murder trial of Paddy Groggy'
- Chapter Eleven: 'New beginnings'
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The Woman Who Hated Christmas
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- Chapter One: 'The Christmas Enigma'
- Chapter Two: ' The Breakup of Beth's Family''
- Chapter Three: From Teenager to Adulthood.'
- Chapter Four: 'The Mills of West Yorkshire.'
- Chapter Five: 'Harrison Garner Showdown.'
- Chapter Six : 'The Christmas Dance'
- Chapter Seven : 'The ballot for Shop Steward.'
- Chapter Eight: ' Leaving the Mill'
- Chapter Ten: ' Beth buries her Ghosts'
- Chapter Eleven: Beth and Dermot start off married life in Galway.
- Chapter Twelve: The Twin Tragedy of Christmas, 1992.'
- Chapter Thirteen: 'The Christmas star returns'
- Chapter Fourteen: ' Beth's future in Portlaw'
-
The Last Dance
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- Chapter One - ‘Nancy Swales becomes the Widow Swales’
- Chapter Two ‘The secret night life of Widow Swales’
- Chapter Three ‘Meeting Richard again’
- Chapter Four ‘Clancy’s Ballroom: March 1961’
- Chapter Five ‘The All Ireland Dancing Rounds’
- Chapter Six ‘James Mountford’
- Chapter Seven ‘The All Ireland Ballroom Latin American Dance Final.’
- Chapter Eight ‘The Final Arrives’
- Chapter Nine: 'Beth in Manchester.'
- 'Two Sisters' >
- Fourteen Days >
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‘The Postman Always Knocks Twice’
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- Author's Foreword
- Contents
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Chapter Twenty-One
- Chapter Twenty-Two
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Celebrity Contacts
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Thoughts and Musings
- Bereavement >
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Bill's Personal Development
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- What I'd like to be remembered for
- Second Chances
- Roots
- Holidays of Old
- Memorable Moments of Mine
- Cleckheaton Consecration
- Canadian Loves
- Mum's Wisdom
- 'Early life at my Grandparents'
- Family Holidays
- 'Mother /Child Bond'
- Childhood Pain
- The Death of Lady
- 'Soldiering On'
- 'Romantic Holidays'
- 'On the roof'
- Always wear clean shoes
- 'Family Tree'
- The importance of poise
- 'Growing up with grandparents'
- Love & Romance >
- Christian Thoughts, Acts and Words >
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List of My Published Books
Title |
Theme |
Readership Age Range |
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12 Seasonal Stories of different monthly activities.A book which is both entertaining and educational.
Anger and the Power of Love. Second Chances. A story about a disabled horse and a disabled girl. Boxing, Football, Bullying and Team Spirit. Midnight Fighter' & 'Maw' combined. Death of a Parent and coping with bereavement. 4 stories about a Sheep, Elephant, Bear and a Millenium Spirit upon themes of anger, rebelliousness, extinction and the future. 4 stories about Anger and the Power of Love Second Chances Greed, Avarice, Loss |
5 - 9 years
5 - 11 years 5 - 11 years 5 - 9 years 5 - 11 years 5 - 11 years 7 - 11 years 5 - 11 years 5 - 11 years 5 - 11 years 5 - 11 years |
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Tales of Bernard Tales from the Allotments Robin & the Rubicelle Fusilliers The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks Indian Dreams Come True Butterworth's Brigade Two Worlds One Heart Bucket Bill One Love - One Heart Four Crude Dudes and the Land of Hope Two Crude Dames and Horace Catchpole Greed The Kilkenny Cat Trilogy Vol 1: 'Truth' Vol 2: 'Justice' Vol 3: 'Freedom' |
Pedigree Stray Dogs, Leadership & Bullying - all characters are pedigree dogs. This book is a must for all dog lovers. Redundant Miners who become Allotment Holders. An Evacuee in the Blitz of the Second World War as he awaits the return of his soldier father. Set in Africa - A story about the death & birth of a Nation (Nelson Mandela praised this story). Set in India - A story about choosing a suitable marriage partner (Nelson Mandela praised this also) A Second World War Brigadier runs a bootcamp school for poor learners and unruly school children as he reliveds events of the Second World War. Combination of 'The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks' and 'Indian Dreams Come True' (Nelson Mandela praised these stories). Jamaican Boy whose only wish is to become a man (Nelson Mandela praised this story). Combination of 'The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks' & 'Bucket Bill' (Nelson Mandela praised these stories). The actions of a Liar, Bully, Thief and Cheat in the California Gold Rush combine to give them their comeuppance. A Greedy Wife, a Greedy Mother and a Wimpish Son & Husband clash as the worm turns. Combination of 'Four Crude Dudes & the Land of Hope' & ' Two Crude Dames and Horace Catchpole'. An allegorical story about a group of gypsy cats who encounter discrimination wherever they travel. All book characters are different breeds of cats who travel through Ireland, Jamaica and the Northern Riots in England. This book is a must for all cat lovers. |
Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults Young Person & Adults |
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Tales From Portlaw Series Vol 1 - The Love Quartet Vol 2 -The Priest's Calling Card Vol 3 - Bigger and Better Vol 4 - The Oldest Woman in the World Vol 5 - Sean and Sarah Vol 6 - The Alternative Christmas Party Vol 7 - The Life of Liam Lafferty Vol 8 - The Life and Times of Joe Walsh Vol 9- The Last Dance Vol 10 - The Woman Who Hated Christmas Vol 11 - Two Sisters Vol 12 - Fourteen Days Vol 13 - The Postman Always Knocks Twice |
The 'Tales from Portlaw' series of stories are all romantic stories which start and end in the Village of Portlaw in County Waterford, Ireland. The themes are varied.
Portlaw is the village of my birth and as all of the stories suggest, the good which comes out of Portlaw always returns there. Hence, the lead character of the story will invariably start in Portlaw, leave Portlaw and eventually return to Portlaw; thereby signifying the inner desire of most people born in Ireland always dreaming of someday returning there to end their days. Those readers of Roman Catholic belief please note that a few of the stories romanticise about the goings on between the nuns and the priests of the parish in a somewhat mischievous and naughty way. |
Adults only reading
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A story set in West Yorkshire, about a tale of rape, murder and revenge.
A story set in West Yorkshire, about girl with an uncaring mother who runs away from home, gets pregnant, finds it hard to be a mother herself, loses her child and fights to establish her own identity and to regain custody of her daughter. |
Strictly for Adults only
Strictly for Adults only. |
