Amazon US $4.99
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This title was shortlisted for the April Book of the Month
Coming of Age / Fictional Drama
WWII 1941
England
from the 'Tales from Old South Shields' series
Blitz PAMS is set in 1941 in South Shields, a
small town on the estuary of the River Tyne facing Germany across the North
Sea. The German Blitzkrieg has begun and as the first bombs hit the town, the
Police send out a call for young cyclists, to be known as Police Auxiliary
Messengers, (PAMS) to spring into action when phone lines go down.
Mossie Hamed, a sixteen-year-old Arab grocery
delivery boy, volunteers. Through his eye view of bombs falling in darkness we
learn how this experience changed the lives of him and his ‘marras’ and how
these teenage lads – and a girl – fumbled their way through the first sexual
encounters of their lives knowing that one more German bomb could end their
existence.
The writing style is vibrant, littered with
dialect words and phrases which add flavour and delivers Geordie common sense
and humour as plain English never could. The meaning is obvious in spite of the
dialect and the action roars along with tales of heroism, tragedy and outright dishonesty.
As much a social history as a work of fiction, it is nevertheless
worthy of people’s attention.
© Jen Black
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