Member: gold_tone

Hallo gold_tone - I received a message that somebody wanted to be my friend and somehow I came to your profile - I have no idea how or why ! But now that I am here, my name is DAVID MITCHELL, I am an old man - almost an antique - and I wrote A BOY FROM NOWHERE in two volumes. I live with my wife in Devon, near Exeter now, but my book is my autobiography. It is the story of a boy born to a poor family in the slums of East London's Docklands way back in the 1920s and his fight to escape poverty and attain success. He does so and becomes a reasonably wealthy man despite many handicaps. It is an account of an absorbing life full of adventure and interest and describes London before the war, a London which has now vanished forever, how we lived, the difficulties and problems we had to face up to, the approaching war, our experiences during The Blitz and after, how very happy and relieved we were when it ended - and we were safe.During my commercial career I travelled the world and became connected with Eastern Europe and was many times behind the Iron Curtain at the height of the Cold War. I describe what it was like to live under communism and what happened to my friends. I started my own business from nothing and it was successful enabling me to retire early, build our dream villa on the Costa Blanca, Spain, and live there for 9 wonderful years which I shall never forget. We returned to England to live out our retirement in 1994 and now reside peacefully in a mediuam size village in Devon. It is an easy reading book and has had some good reviews. In addition I have written a number of short stories. If you would care to read any please communicate with me on davidmitchell@talktalk.net and I will send one or two to you.
David (Mitchell)

posted by DavidMitchell28 at 11:16 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2009

:-*

posted by RSHabroptilus at 7:06 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2009

Yours looks interesting too! I shall return the favour! :)

posted by shearrob at 7:53 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2009