Arthur's War and Peace
by Anthony Critchley
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Pub Date 10 Mar 2017 | Archive Date 4 Oct 2017
Description
Art knows how difficult life can be.
He leaves school and starts work age eleven, proud to help his family. When the Second World War war looms he and his friends enlist. He becomes a paratrooper, but is captured after a disastrous mission.
His experience as a POW shape the person he will become.
Home from the war, Art dabbles in several jobs to support his wife and children, and is successful at everything he tries. But internally he is lost, struggling to beat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at a time when the condition is largely unsupported. While his working life improves, his family life is in crisis as he battles his demons.
Told over several decades, this tale of one family’s life encapsulates the period in compelling detail, including the difficulties faced by many returned soldiers, both then and now.
Advance Praise
This enthralling story is a journey through a family's post-war life, to carry on their lives by working around the father's then unknown
post-traumatic stress disorder. Arthur's resolute courage to keep them working together after his amazing feats against Hitler's army, then
escaping from their prisoner of war camps twice.
I loved it's frankness and honesty in highlighting the families weaknesses and also showing their strengths during that extremely difficult post war era. A forthright insight into how thousands of families had to cope after world war two with little support.
A most worthwhile read. - 5 Star Amazon Review
A fluid narrative and powerful story of a soldier's time during WW2. Art finishes the war in a POW camp, surviving solitary confinement by vividly remembering better times. After the war the story follows Art's internal suffering and how it affects his young family. Today he would have been diagnosed with PTSD, at the end of WWII PTSD wasn't even acknowledged. Art's story is the story of many war survivors ... yesterday AND today.
Art's story brings history alive. An enthralling read especially for WWII buffs. - 5 Star Amazon Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781541029996 |
| PRICE | US$2.99 (USD) |
