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Welcome to my web pages at talesaplenty.com

My name is David Wood. I’ve just had my first book published, by independent publisher checkpoint press

The book is called “In the Shadow of Amiantus”

What is it about?....Well....It ain’t a Misery Memoir............It can be sad sure....It’s funny at times too, and it’s all true.

The person you love most, your soul mate, is dying from a vile, rare, painful, incurable cancer. The cancer is called Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

You have to watch on, helplessly, as she struggles with the mental and physical pain, knowing you can do nothing to fix it, or take it away from her. She never complains, or wears her illness like a badge....She says there are others much worse off.

History is repeating itself, bringing back similar, painful memories from years ago. What do you do? Well in reality there is nothing you can do, except care and love. Do you ask your God for help? Why do bad things happen to good people?  Well the answer is that they just do......that’s the way it always is, and always has been. David writes about his feelings of loss, desolation, and impending loss, sometimes using explicit language. But also injects humour, because it helps him survive. His thoughts lead from places and things which inspire, to real heroes, then to others, some of whom are in positions of authority, and would never match up, because they bulge with self importance. His thoughts, sometimes bizarre and banal, through unpretentious verse, short stories, and biographical early life episodes, provide an insight as to what drives him on, taking the lead from his lover and best friend, to never give up, and to survive. And if you might be thinking this is depressing stuff...........well think again!

Listen to some recorded extracts from “In the Shadow of Amiantus” at:

Short Story Radio Talking Bookshelf

And....read more about the book here, including some excerpts.

Ordinary Lives -

Extraordinary Circumstances