Seasons of Affection

Shields, Jim

ISBN 10: 1922670391 / ISBN 13: 9781922670397

Published by The Book Reality Experience 2022-05, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seasons of Affection
• Publisher: The Book Reality Experience 2022-05
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1922670391
• ISBN 13: 9781922670397
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

These are the people you could meet on any day in any town.

Seasons of Affection is a collection of short stories set in the author's home town. A small, ordinary town inhabited by ordinary people, busy with the everyday task of living.

Yet a central thread of caring pervades the days. Caring for partners and children, for wider family and friends. For the town itself; its heritage and history. Each of the characters is also searching for friendship, independence, affection, love and self-respect. As the seasons in the natural world transition in colour and personality, so too do the ordinary people in this ordinary town, revealing their hidden needs and their hidden selves in the pursuit of happiness.

From tales set within the pandemic, as young and old feel their way through a dramatically changing world bedeviled by fake news, to tales from the Victorian era, it seems that the season may pass, but our affections remain true.

About the Author

Jim Shields, formerly Emeritus Professor of Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Ulster, retired from his academic career in 2004. A passionate supporter of the arts he was a relative latecomer to creative writing, but once started he has striven to make up for lost time. Seasons of Affection is his third published collection of short stories. He has no intention of it being his last.Jim and his wife Annette still live in Larne where they regularly entertain their five children and five grandchildren.