{"product_id":"life-and-times-of-a-valley-boy-in-wales-9781942146841","title":"Life and Times of a Valley Boy in Wales","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Welsh great grandfather's loving memoir, celebrating family and Welsh 20th century working class life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Gareth Lyn Jones' memoir takes you back more than three quarters of a century and sets you down in a coal mining community in South Wales. His writing is honest and often lyrical, resulting in an un-canny feeling that Gareth is a character in \u003cem\u003eUnder Milk Wood\u003c\/em\u003e and that Dylan Thomas must have met him sometime in a pub sharing stories about working class life in Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGareth's granddaughter, Sinead Robinson-John, writes that her Bamp is honourable, decent, and kind. In preparation for writing the foreword Sinead spoke with Gareth's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and in her introduction she represents them all, sharing stories as Gareth shares stories, drawing you in as if they too are \u003cem\u003eUnder Milk Wood.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife and Times of a Valley Boy in Wales\u003c\/em\u003e is a great read. It will tug at your heart strings and make you smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Lyn Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Garn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942146841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJones, Gareth Lyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Gareth Lynn Jones was born May 1st, 1943 in a small hamlet near Ebbw Vale in South Wales. After a lifetime of telling stories, when he was almost eighty years old he put pen to paper and wrote one of the most magnificent stories of twentieth century working class life in the coal mining families since \"How Green Was My Valley\". Gareth writes, \"This was a time when for a boy to become a man you had to stand up for what was yours around you.\" And Gareth did that. His life and his book is about standing up - for yourself, for your family, for your friends, and for Wales, the country that he loves\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garn Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43245403668595,"sku":"9.78194E+12","price":27.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5451a15e-966e-416e-a1cb-8dcaf8bbafc5.jpg?v=1754400677","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/life-and-times-of-a-valley-boy-in-wales-9781942146841","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}