Other editions of book The Showie Boy

A Memoir of a Carnival boy travelling the Showgrounds of Australia, the freaks of sideshow alley, attending school along the way with the ever present school bullies.He falls in love with the girl of his dreams but fate was to deal a cruel blow, their belief in a wild boar appears to answer their prayers. The series of stories that trace his life will shock the reader with the explicit detail, others will have you laughing till you burst, lifting your spirits to the highest plane. The people he meets are amusing and inspirational.

The Showie Boy is the Memoir of a Carnival boy travelling the showgrounds of Australia with his Showman parents during the years of The Great Depressionand WW2.The freaks of Sideshow Alley, colourful Gypsys, Boxing Tents and all the excitement of the Carnivals were his everyday existence, attending school along the way with his ever protective older brother.Then came WW2 and with it the opportunity to attend a tiny bush school and an education for which he had always yearned, his life along the way peppered with brutal soul-destroying discipline.The series of stories are written in a funny, earthy, refreshingly direct style which traces his life with shocking and explicit detail, the people he meets along the way are both amusing and inspirational

A Memoir of a Carnival boy travelling the Showgrounds of Australia, the freaks of sideshow alley, attending school along the way with the ever present school bullies.He falls in love with the girl of his dreams but fate was to deal a cruel blow, their belief in a wild boar appears to answer their prayers. The series of stories that trace his life will shock the reader with the explicit detail, others will have you laughing till you burst, lifting your spirits to the highest plane. The people he meets are amusing and inspirational.

A Memoir of a Carnival boy born on the road during The Great Depression and travelling around the Showgrounds of Australia with his Showman parents. Growing up among the colourful Gypsies, all the excitement of Sideshow Alley, attending schools along the way with his ever protective older brother Harry. The brutal discipline that was part of those tough times, and then, WW2 started and the opportunity to attend a tiny bush school and an education for which he had always yearned, the never to be forgotten day when his best friend was taken with soul destroying brutality. Puberty and inexperience led him to make a dreadful mistake for which he was to regret for years to come, but then his life became a succession of wonderful and inspiring people. The series of stories are written in a funny, earthy, refreshingly direct style which traces his life with shocking and explicit detail, the people he meets along the way are both amusing and inspirational. Print pages 300.