A Quiet Place

About the Book

Prompted by a post card photograph, ‘A Quiet Place‘ is about a principled solitary man ( Spade) on a pre-designated journey to retirement. Subconsciously he knows what is happening, consciously he refuses to accept the harshness of reality; slow reflexes , less alert vision and meandering of thought. This mental struggle causes him to relive, like a hallucination, some portions of his life as he travels along a lonely forest path pursued only by himself and a presence.

About the Author

While reading, I found a post card in one of the books. It had a picture of a majestic dark castle lording over deep blue water and in the distance there was a golden sun. It could have been morning or sunset. The water carried a boat with a man on it. ‘Where would he be going,’ I thought and the story of ‘A Quiet Place’ popped out of my head. Born on the Island of St. Kitts in the late 1940’s I moved to England at the age of 12. attended secondary school and College and was prompted to write as we had a interesting English teacher, ( Welsh) who introduced us to poetry and fiction writers, classical and modern. I am a qualified teacher and hypnoanalyst ; Taught in England and in Papua New Guinea. I have been writing since leaving school, but gave it second place, concentrating mainly on teaching chores as there was a lot to do. In 2002 I returned to England as my sight was failing and my mother was unwell. With more time on my hands I concentrated more on writing and my analysis. I live in West Yorkshire with my family.