Through My Eyes
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The Arrival of Monty
On one of Peter’s birthdays, he was to have a puppy. I can see my mother now riding her bicycle with a basket on the front with a tiny puppy inside. She called to Peter as she took the tiny bundle out of her basket, and we both went indoors to see this lovely little black-and-white mongrel puppy we called Monty. He became such a character. He had fl oppy ears and a beautiful white angel crest on his tummy, four white paws, and a very long tail. Monty had a lovely soft coat of fur. We didn’t know what we had in store for us via his antics. Once when we were at the bungalow, Peter and Monty had jumped over the wire fencing into the fi eld opposite. Monty was charging all over the place, full of energy as usual. Peter was calling me, “Come on! Hurry up, slow coach!” as they went running off together. Worried that I was going to be left behind, I climbed onto the barbed wire along the top of the wire fence, and yes, you guessed it, I slipped and ripped open the back of my thigh. Blood was pouring everywhere; I was screaming and crying. Peter came running over, and my dad came out. My mother shouted at me, and Dad carried me into Nan’s kitchen. A sheet was torn up and put on my leg. My dad was actually quite nice to me, but Mum was cross.
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About the Book
Through my eyes Is a book about an ordinary person who has a lot of ups and downs in life, some downs lower than others but it shows the strength of character she has which helps her overcome her problems. There is also a brief memoir written by her mother about her life as a young school girl before the Second World War and her life as a young mother during the Second World War and life afterwards. Also her grandmother has written a short memoir and gives an insight to life in the early 1900's.
About the Author
Through my eyes Is the author’s memoirs of early childhood through to adult life incorporating humiliation and torment from her father
She soon learns that life can be cruel. Her much loved Uncle is lost when ice breaks up in the Antarctic and she finds it hard to concentrate on her studies as she and her family anxiously await news from the Antarctic.
She is very close to her grandparents and enjoys staying with them at their home in
She becomes very ill and has a lengthy stay in hospital, her mother is a great strength to her at this time and looks after her daughters. She encourages her mother to move closer to her and feels it is pivotal to keep the family together.
Having married and divorced she remarries and is traumatised by the actions of her second husband and the subsequent killing of himself. She rediscovers her inner strength by going to Cyprus by herself, when she comes home she is stronger and ends up meeting Mike who becomes her soul mate, she and Mike become husband and wife and have a peaceful life together travelling and celebrating anything and everything with their friends and family.
She has included a short memoir from her mothers writings and also one of her grandmothers written memoirs left to her on their deaths.