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Peter True - The Early Years

By: Jeremy Kay
Narrated by: Jeremy Kay
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About this listen

Bath, England. A city steeped in culture and rich historical significance. Except it's the seventies and this once glorious city has seen better days. Enter Peter True. Peter is a much-loved and mollycoddled four-year old boy who enjoys the attention of his mother, father, cousins, and aunts. But not his sisters. When it comes to his education, Mum has the very best intentions for Peter. So she sends him to a girls' school. Whatever was she thinking?

©2019 Jeremy Kay (P)2019 Jeremy Kay Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Comedy

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Very much enjoyed. Reminiscent of growing up in the late 60s/70s. Peter faces interesting challenges.

Nostalgic , funny, observant

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Really appreciated this story, told with great sensitivity. I felt I was 'there' and all the characters were brought to life so it was like knowing them in person! I felt great empathy for Peter. NB: the voice of the narrator very pleasant.

Atmospheric!

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This story is a lovely, gentle reminder of a world that has slipped silently over the horizon out of sight and into memory. It is rich with the things, ideals and expectations, that were once everyday and common place to us, but are now at the back reaches of our memory.
The late sixties may have been the time of the V-Bomber force, the four-minute warning, and wars in Indochina. But it was also the late sixties of west country England, of Somerset, where the threat of apple scrumpers (or being caught scrumping), or that all the blackberries would be picked before we got our share, was more immediate and pressing than a Soviet first strike. Peter True is set in this quiet part of the country, where the smaller things took greater precedent, and where time, while not standing still, was a gentle current.
To anyone growing up in the sixties and early seventies, this is partly your story and to be taken back to those times with such an accomplished guide as Jeremy Kay, is a wonderful experience. For those who came later I would recommend it if for no other reason than to learn about all the things you missed out on…for both good and bad.

A world that has slipped silently over the horizon

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