The Town of Never Never

By Arvella E. Edwards

Arvella E. Edwards is a graduate of Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN. She attended the University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs where she studied Health Care for the Elderly. While attending college in Minneapolis she received various scholarships and fellowships to study Health Care for the elderly in England and Norway. She attended at NYU's School of Film Making.

She graduated from Walton High School in the Bronx, NY where she lived for thirty-two years. Arvella is a mother of two children, Arvella a girl and Chris one boy. She is the proud grandmother of two boys, Seamas and Dylan.

She worked in various industries before moving to Minneapolis to attend college. Some of those industries were Broadcasting, Advertising, Public Relations and Publishing. She has trained technicians in Customer Service skills at Control Data and ITT. Additionally, the other industries she was privileged to work in were Investment Banking and Securities.

Arvella has given a lot to the community while living in NYC. For four years she taught job search skills to homeless men, cooked meals for the homeless in lower Manhattan, supervised overnight shelters in Mid-town Manhattan.

Her hobbies are reading, writing, travelling and people watching. She loves NYC, which is her home town and is a proud member of a multi-cultural family of nine. Arvella's exposure to a multi-cultural/racial environment has spurred her on to write this book.

Arvella currently lives in Poughkeepsie, NY. The town of Never Never is her first book. She is a cancer survivor and well into her seventies.

We hope you enjoy this coming of age story; there will be more to come.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 31, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493114870

Arvella E. Edwards

Arvella E. Edwards is a graduate of Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN. She attended the University of Minnesota - Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs where she studied Health Care for the Elderly. While attending college in Minneapolis she received various scholarships and fellowships to study Health Care for the elderly in England and Norway. She attended at NYU’s School of Film Making. She graduated from Walton High School in the Bronx, NY where she lived for thirty-two years. Arvella is a mother of two children, Arvella a girl and Chris one boy. She is the proud grandmother of two boys, Seamas and Dylan. She worked in various industries before moving to Minneapolis to attend college. Some of those industries were Broadcasting, Advertising, Public Relations and Publishing. She has trained technicians in Customer Service skills at Control Data and ITT. Additionally, the other industries she was privileged to work in were Investment Banking and Securities. Arvella has given a lot to the community while living in NYC. For four years she taught job search skills to homeless men, cooked meals for the homeless in lower Manhattan, supervised overnight shelters in Mid-town Manhattan. Her hobbies are reading, writing, travelling and people watching. She loves NYC, which is her home town and is a proud member of a multi-cultural family of nine. Arvella’s exposure to a multi-cultural/racial environment has spurred her on to write this book. Arvella currently lives in Poughkeepsie, NY. The town of Never Never is her first book. She is a cancer survivor and well into her seventies. We hope you enjoy this coming of age story; there will be more to come.

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Copyright © 2013 by Arvella E. Edwards. 116873-EDWA

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013918585

ISBN:Softcover    978-1-4931-1486-3

ISBN:EBook        978-1-4931-1487-0

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 05/22/2014

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Character Index

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Chapter 1

Once upon a time in the land of imagination there was a town called Never Never. It was a quiet Town, a model town until the Queen ran away with the mailman. The town of Never Never was very large; it covered hundreds of acres and was constantly under attack from neighboring towns. The Queen always needed to be informed about impending uprisings and rumors of suspicious invaders on her land. The Queen seemed to be happy but she was really bored with her life.

Queen Impatience had been looking for a different kind of excitement. Being a Queen was extremely demanding, she had no time for herself or her family. When she ran into the mailman she was convinced he was the perfect person who could change her life and make it carefree. When the Queen came to this conclusion, she never realized there would be serious consequences. This spur of the moment decision would change everyone’s lives forever.

Queen Impatience loved her children just as much as her husband but affairs of State kept her from fulfilling her duties as a wife and mother. The Queen was unable to be the best Mom she could be. Every time the Queen tried to hold her children, talk to her husband and just relax she was always interrupted by various heads of state. The Queen was overwhelmed; however it was a duty which she had to perform. She had no choice, but she did long for quiet days and nights where she could spend quality time with her family.

King Inder was not of Royal Blood therefore he couldn’t assist the Queen in her royal duties. He was a King in name only. He wasn’t the best husband but he was a terrific dad, a loving husband and doting father. He knew that being a King was a duty that he had to perform but he enjoyed being a King. His