User:Mnorthmore/The Urban Soldier by M Northmore

The Urban Soldier is novel written by M Northmore. The story is about a boy affected by the impact of World War Two. Although the fighting is over and the enemy no longer poised to invade, the devastation the war had caused is still to be conquered. Young Jack desperately tries to make sense of the confusion encompassing his tortured mind and the knife thrust at his throat. Whilst his parents wrestle with their own problems, Jack is convinced he already has another mother and father somewhere and inescapably, withdraws into his own secret world, whilst trying desperately to make sense of it all. He grows up a shy lonely child, racked with doubts and fears, yet with a persistent determined stubborn nature, just like his mother. Neither he nor his mother is prepared to give an inch. Neither does.

Jack’s quest to understand and overcome the reasons for his unfortunate beginnings and the confusion it has caused, stretches well into his manhood. Throughout it all, he never loses his amazing ability and determination to carry on fighting against the odds, nor his willingness to learn and most of all, his determination to find the love of his life. To accomplish this, he is prepared to take a lifetime and travel the entire world in which we live.

Jack chose to shrug off his mistakes, learn from them and display them on the mantelpiece like prize trophies. If he was to be paid for each mistake, he would be a very rich man, and even richer if he was to be paid for what he had learnt from them