About the Author

John Lavis has been writing all his life, as a teacher for his students, as a school Principal for his community and as a father for his children. Now retired he has written this memoir as a promise to his own father, Frank, on his death bed, that he would be the dutiful son and turn Frank’s diaries into a book for the Lavis family. He was not to know the family secrets that would be revealed.

Reviews

“A raw and thoughtful work by an unassuming author with real talent for his prose, excellent…” Karen, Readalot Magazine reviewer