Towards the Light
By P.A. Condon
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The book is no mere narrative and it is not simply about the author. It is also an accurate eye-witness account of the way things were in 1930s London, in wartime Kent and Snowdonia, on a crowded troopship, in the Commonwealth Air Training Scheme, and in the Klondike goldfields and construction camps of British Columbia. With echoes of Dickens' Pip, Wordsworth, and Mr. Chips, among other things it takes a glance at climbing, the occult, flying, gold-mining, teaching (in B.C. and in London), recurrent dreams and dissociation. It is a tale of perseverence in the face of repeated disappointment, bereavement and post traumatic stress disorder. And it is an affirmation of the supreme virtue of love.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
P. A. Condons literary gem of a memoir...shares sensitive details of his hard-scrabble life with the deft story-telling of Frank McCourt and a healthy dose of Julian Barnes keen wit....The authors gifted writing and emotional honesty make this book a winner.
- Blue Ink Review
A deft, compelling autobiography of an Everyman. Thorough, organized and well-researched, Towards the Light...is powered as much by the storytrelling and language as by the subject matter....Wise and entertaining, this book is hard to put down.
- Kirkus Review
Written by a self-described absent-minded introvert, this memoir wraps fascinating philosophy and observations into a well-written treat that speaks to the average human. RECOMMENDED.
- U.S. Review of Books
Category finalist in the 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Awards.
P.A. Condon
The author came to his career as teacher of senior English by way of a somewhat Dickensian but not unhappy childhood in London, youth as a wartime evacuee and office boy, service in the R.A.F, gold mining in the Klondike and then construction camps and university in British Columbia.
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