Alby and Me

Alby And Me is a powerful and poignant evocation of the friendship of two unusual boys growing up on a tough Midland housing estate in the late 1940s. Set against a background of family strife, it is a gritty, compelling, often humorous account of a critical period in the boys' lives as they encounter bullies, sexually savvy girls, a suicide, some vintage working class characters, and God. It is a story touched by both joy and sadness, and has an ending you will find hard to forget. John C Bird has been a journalist, PR man and university lecturer, living and working in the United States, Canada, Cyprus and the United Kingdom. His academic background includes a PhD in History from London University. Alby And Me is his first novel. His previously published and broadcast work includes plays, poetry, short stories, television comedy material and non-fiction books on subjects as diverse as careers for the over-40s and Britain's treatment of enemy aliens in wartime.Bird, John C. is the author of 'Alby and Me', published 2007 under ISBN 9781846856518 and ISBN 1846856515.