I wrote these poems because I was put in an Orphange a 9 years old and my life was a wreck when I finally came out at one time I contemplated suicide but found out there was a better life and became a success at all I achieved

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Kevin Connor and his family are caught up in world war two their father is in North Africa fighting the Germans the family has to cope living from day to day in war torn Britain. Lucy Kevin's sister meets and American airman Danny to the disapproval of her mother, but she warms to the young man after meeting him. Danny gets shot down over the pacific when the Japanese bomb pearl harbour and once again the world is at war he is missing in action Lucy's life is turned upside down, but good news arrives later as Danny is found by some fishermen and hidden from the Japanese. Paul Kevin's brother joins the army and he is captured by the Japanese and is imprisoned in Changi for a long time they don't know if he is dead or alive. Kevin becomes a journalist and is sent on an assignment to interview a guru who has set up a commune in Wales and finds he is a person from his past. Kevin also helps in a strange way his childhood friend Willy, who has become an alcoholic after the death of his sister. Paul is released from Changi and is in a hospital in Singapore and Kevin gets him released with the help of a General from the government department who he writes to so he can attend Lucy and Danny's wedding Paul has a problem coping with being alive when so many of his comrades have died in the prison he falls deeper into grief and turns to drink Kevin has to help him cope and he then becomes the older brother. General Armstrong who helped Kevin to get Paul home asks a favour of Kevin he has to go on a trip to Korea to identify someone caught for spying who they believe to be Kevin's father who had been killed in the Second World War

On a lonely deserted highway a truck driver picks up a man carrying a sick child, asking where he came from knowing no villages or towns were in 100 miles of the highway the man replies Sorrel, the man and child are dressed in clothes you would see in films like Oliver and the Charles Dickens era, The driver takes the man and child to the nearest hospital and leaves them in emergency and drives off, the child is suspected of having an illness not seen since the middle ages which raises concern with the hospital, but not knowing where Sorrel is they arrange for the man to guide them as there may be some more cases of the illness. With a team of doctors they have to go in by helicopter but when they arrive there is no one to be seen, so they leave the man and fly out. The concern is why and where the town is and how to reach it, and bring it into the 20th century so it is decided to build a bridge in order for the town to be accessed, that task is given to an engineering company where one of the employees named Brad Hannigan is given the job of site manager, and the granddaughter of the owner of the company Claudette is sent with Brad to look after finance, what follows is a strange relationship with Brad and Claudette and strange dealings with town folk of Sorrel with many weird happenings and surprises. Then when they find out about Sorrel from another source all is not what is seems and Brad and Claudette get more and more involved with each other's lives and things become very complicated

The story is based in England at the end of the nineteenth century the story is mainly regarding Benjamin Rawlings the farrier's son and Elizabeth Gatcombe the daughter of the lord of the manor and how their lives entwine together with many twists and turns But later takes in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Greece and through two world wars it follows the main characters of Benjamin Rawlings and Elizabeth Gatcombe two young children brought up in very different circumstances, Benjamin the son of a Farriers at Gatcombe manor and Elizabeth the heiress of Lord Simon Gatcombe. They become friends early on at the age of thirteen then Benjamin and his family are let go of Gatcombe as it falls on hard times and Lord Simon gives the Rawlings chance of a new life in Australia they leave on a convict ship that is sunk in a hurricane off the east coast of Australia Benjamin climbs back on board to try and help the prisoners escape but is captured as a convict and chained up. Elizabeth gets a letter off her father when she is sent to Italy away from Benjamin as Lady Elanora Gatcombe does not want her daughter mixing with a farrier's son the letter says Benjamin and his family have been killed in a shipwreck. She believes Benjamin to be dead, he believes Elizabeth to have been married off and throughout their lives they meet many new people and many adventures are bestowed on them, Elizabeth builds a business and then goes to war as a nurse in world war one Benjamin gets involved with Jonathan, who rescues him they in turn get involved with Henry a gold miner and Josephine a shop keepers daughter and Grant Farnsworth a captain of the garrison in Australia Benjamin and Grants paths have crossed when they were young, and things become nasty and a fight to the death is certain

Donald King is the son of Peter King, who owns a printing company he takes Donald into the company and sends him on his first assignment to meet Gregory Pavaroni a Russian immigrant made good while waiting for the man to finish his business outside the door opens and in walks Natalie the daughter of Gregory, dressed in riding gear all excited telling Pamela her mother how she jumped a fence line and Donald falls madly in love with her at first sight, but she has other feelings towards Donald and play games with his mind. Donald is invited to a party where he meets Chance and Robin, who are Natalie's brothers, one of them as a secret the father finds out the family is in turmoil Donald and Natalie become once again entwined. Their lives are complicated and Donald gives Natalie an ultimatum and walks away to forget her and start anew. He meets Joanne a barmaid and takes up with her, he then falls in love with her, but still thinks of Natalie, who still plays with his mind, but one night while they are out a mugger confronts them and Joanne is killed.

A brother and sister go to an auction to buy a house built in the 18 hundreds, although the auction price is set at 400 thousand no one starts the bidding, the brother Shaun starts it at 50 thousand, no one else bids and he wins the auction, they later find out the house has a murky past, instead of taking two years to build it took six. The house has had many owners, a hotel, a brothel, and army headquarters and a squat for hippies, during its occupation, many deaths had occurred relating to the house, it holds a very dark secret, when Shaun and his sister Sylvia employ a builder they find he is somehow connect to them through the ages, and things start to happen when they try to renovate the house to use as a night club, the foreman on closing one night is locked in by an apparition that write's on the floor (tell them to find me). Sylvia goes to the council for help, but on the way home, she is almost killed by a car crashing into a shop, a young policewoman saves her life, but the car has no driver and the owner does not even know the car has gone, the police officer is also involved in the search for clues to the house. They have the help of the council archive officer who leaves them with a pile of papers for them to read, When the glass floor is fitted the next morning there is a one hand print in the middle, and no one knows how it got there, now the race is on to find out about the history of the house so the club can be opened on time.

Darren Bennett was born on the wrong side of the track as they say but wanted so much to get out of where he was so he became a stand up comedian as laughter and making people happy mainly his enemies and bullies at school was the only way he could fit in. He started in pubs and clubs doing the circuit not that many of the patrons listened as they were to full of drink and only wanted to watch the girls pole dancing, then one night he was playing at the Palace theatre which had been home to many a famous face throughout its lifetime and had now become a venue for budding comedians and Darren took the opportunity to try and make his mark. So there he sat in his dressing room waiting for his call to perform and then show time Darren walked out onto the stage to face his biggest audience he did not do too well and was glad when it was all over and then went back to his dressing room. Along the wall of his dressing room were pictures of famous comedians who has played at the Palace and one of them was Parley Grainger Darren's hero and he gave Parley a smile as he passed when he got into his dressing room he poured himself a drink as he needed one and made a gesture towards the hallway and said. "I would give my soul Parley to be like you." The ghost of Parley appeared to Darren and said he was going to help him, he could not believe what was happening and thought his drink had been spiked from that moment on Darren went on a journey with Parley when he Parley suggested he enter his body and he became Darren and he only had to utter the words (Be gone) and Parley would come out. This he did and Darren became famous by winning a contest ran by the Palace that made it the talk of the town and Darren won a Mercedes car. From that moment on, his life was going to become a roller coaster ride he never would have believed because every time Parley entered Darren's body he became stronger and harder to get out even when he said the words (be gone) Parley began to like where he was. Darren was then offered a gig in a very famous Club in the north owned by a man name Curtis Booth who offered Darren a chance to hit the big time Curtis booked Darren and his wife Mavis into a five star hotel and he appeared in his club and was a great hit and where he met a New York club owner named Michael Meecham who wanted Darren to appear in his new club in New York the only way he could perform was to take Parley along in his body and this he did along the way things started to happen that Darren could not control like the mile high club on concord that the club owner had booked Darren on and in the morning the airhostess knew nothing about what happened and Darren thought it just jet lag and maybe a dream. Things went from bad to worse as Parley became more and more dominant till Michael Meecham brought Darren's wife Mavis over not telling Darren as he wanted them to join his little family if you know what I mean. Darren had to tell Mavis about Parley and his little games he had made Darren play even with Curtis Booth's wife and the air hostess so they made a plan to escape from New York and the clutches of Booth and Meacham and go back to England and see if they could get rid of Parley their plan involved a priest and some holy water but the plan did not go according to plan if you get my drift and things did not go as they had wished.