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Ordinary People
Ordinary People
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Ordinary People is a tale set in Middlewapping, a fictional rural village somewhere in the south of England. It follows the fate of the various people who live theretheir loves, conflicts, dreams, and events that shape their lives. Among them are Will and Emily, the young lovers who finally meet and make their lives together; Percival, the former city banker and drug addict who has taken refuge in this apparently quiet backwater; Daphne, the would-be poet and self-ordained village elder; Keith and Meadow who live on a bus outside the village with their children Tarragon, Rosemary, and Basil; and a host of others including Victoria, only daughter to the lord and lady of the manor. It has been a long time since the people from the village and those living in the manor house have had contact, but events unfold that bring them together in ways that they would never have imagined and that will change their lives forever. And of course, running throughout the story as it unfolds is that most English of institutions, the village cricket team.
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Release dateFeb 22, 2012
ISBN9781466915909
Ordinary People
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Phil Boast

Phil Boast, a native of the UK, now lives in Sulawesi, Indonesian, where he owns and runs a tourist lodge for SCUBA divers and naturalists. As well as his novel writing, (the ‘ORDINARY PEOPLE’ series is now 13 volumes long), Phil, with his partner, Paula, has written and published an autobiographical account of their experiences of moving to and living in Indonesia, which they then re - wrote in narrative form for a radio series, which has been broadcast on English radio.

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