The Boy In Wellington Boots

by VM Frost

Overview

Endearing and equally shocking, The Boy In Wellington Boots is a true story. It faithfully recounts a childhood lost, as seen through the eyes of the young boy who lived through it, and with the hindsight of the adult author. The story charts the fallout for a family plucked from home and deposited in a strange and unfamiliar land where they are torn apart by infidelity poverty and sheer physical hardship. The author describes in painful but frank detail, a young kid's struggle against the neglect, hunger and abuse visited upon him by circumstance. The account goes on to follow the author's onward journey to maturity and beyond. The material for The Boy In Wellington Boots provided the bittersweet inspiration for VM Frost's previous novels: By Conscience Bound and Dead Or Alive In Purgatory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495917202
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/13/2014
Series:	Wellington Boots , #1
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Vincent (Jack) Frost.
I was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire and grew up on the Mediterranean island of Malta, returning to Britain at the age of fourteen. In 1979 - after a period in a children's home and a tempestuous time as a grill chef (I walked out when the soup boiled over never to return!) I joined the British army where I served in the Royal Artillery in Germany, The Falkland Islands, Northern Ireland and as a United Nations soldier in Cyprus. Leaving as a senior NCO, I remained in Dortmund, Germany where I took on a variety of jobs, including building work and english language instruction.
Returning to Britain in 1997, my employment continued to be interesting with jobs such as vehicle test examiner and residential social work in a children's home.
By Conscience Bound is my first book, although I have written book reviews for a magazine. My second book - Dead Or Alive In Purgatory - is now also available and takes an irreverent and unbiblical look at my idea of the afterlife.
The Sunday Times of Malta has also published an article about my history on the islands. Favourite Channel (Malta) has aired a news item about my novel and Radju Hompesch (Zabbar Malta) were kind enough to air a 60 minute discussion programme about my history in relation to By Conscience Bound. Newly released is the true story and inspiration for my work titled The Boy In Wellington Boots which along with By Conscience Bound is now available in print.
Now available, cop thriller Front Stack - first in a series.
My varied life continues...