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The Long Road Out of Town: A Memoir

Greg Watts

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Description:“Someone feeling as lost and trapped as I did in my late teens might well have considered signing up for the army, going away to sea, or putting on a studded leather jacket and joining a punk band. ... I glimpsed a new, exciting road opening up ahead of me.” Bingo-caller, chimney sweep, textile worker, occasional football hooligan, and aspiring saint, Greg Watts' escape from a small Midlands town in the 1970s to London is captured in this quirky and gently humorous memoir. His journey takes him to the shrine of Lourdes, the streets of Soho, the terraces of Matlock Town FC, a haunted house in Essex, and a Catholic seminary. Along the way we meet social outcasts, alluring foreign students, a former nightclub bouncer, and shrewd Jesuits. In his search for meaning and purpose, he discovers that what we think we want in life isn't always what we need.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Long Road Out of Town: A Memoir. To get started finding The Long Road Out of Town: A Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: “Someone feeling as lost and trapped as I did in my late teens might well have considered signing up for the army, going away to sea, or putting on a studded leather jacket and joining a punk band. ... I glimpsed a new, exciting road opening up ahead of me.” Bingo-caller, chimney sweep, textile worker, occasional football hooligan, and aspiring saint, Greg Watts' escape from a small Midlands town in the 1970s to London is captured in this quirky and gently humorous memoir. His journey takes him to the shrine of Lourdes, the streets of Soho, the terraces of Matlock Town FC, a haunted house in Essex, and a Catholic seminary. Along the way we meet social outcasts, alluring foreign students, a former nightclub bouncer, and shrewd Jesuits. In his search for meaning and purpose, he discovers that what we think we want in life isn't always what we need.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Long Road Out of Town: A Memoir. To get started finding The Long Road Out of Town: A Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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