More Towing Path Tales - Holloway, Beatrice

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Résumé :
Three stories in one book! How great is that! STOWAWAYS are not welcome on narrowboats. Four-legged ones are often thrown into the water. But what happens when Bert discovers a two legged one? PA'S GOOD NAME is at risk when part of a costly cargo goes missing,. Pa has been tricked and knows the culprit, someone so sly that the police have trouble arresting him. Can Pa and Bert track down the thief and prove Pa's innocence? MA GETS HER WAY despite Pa saying no when Ma hankers after a little house. A visit to a fair and Pa changes his mind. Without Ma, work is doubled for Pa and Bert. They hire a youngster who is useless and causes trouble. When he takes a switch to Nellie, the horse, Pa threatens him and the boy runs away. Have they a solution to their problems?...

Biographie:
This is the fourth of Beatrice's adult books. Her other books titles are: A Man from the North East, Elusive Destiny and Archie's Children. Beatrice has also written a number of children's books including three telling of the adventures of a boy's life on the canals during the early twentieth century. Following these are six books about a boy's childhood in Wales during the difficult times of the 1970s. All are available as ebooks. The London Borough of Hillingdon library service has published two of her children's stories and the Hillingdon Arts Association awarded her a Certificate of merit - 'In recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Arts'. Beatrice was also awarded a Lottery Grant to write a commissioned historical play: Commoner to Coronet. Beatrice now has another five short plays published. She is a retired teacher and a member of The Society of Women Writers and Journalists and the Society of Authors. She has been a member of a local writing group - Phrase Writers - for over twenty years and is the children's storyteller for Hillingdon Narrowboats Association.

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This is the fourth of Beatrice's adult books. Her other books titles are: A Man from the North East, Elusive Destiny and Archie's Children. Beatrice has also written a number of children's books including three telling of the adventures of a boy's life on the canals during the early twentieth century. Following these are six books about a boy's childhood in Wales during the difficult times of the 1970s. All are available as ebooks. The London Borough of Hillingdon library service has published two of her children's stories and the Hillingdon Arts Association awarded her a Certificate of merit - 'In recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Arts'. Beatrice was also awarded a Lottery Grant to write a commissioned historical play: Commoner to Coronet. Beatrice now has another five short plays published. She is a retired teacher and a member of The Society of Women Writers and Journalists and the Society of Authors. She has been a member of a local writing group - Phrase Writers - for over twenty years and is the children's storyteller for Hillingdon Narrowboats Association....