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Tales From Portlaw Volume Thirteen

Tales From Portlaw Volume Thirteen

William Forde

Lulu.com
2018
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This is a love story is about a travelling Romany who visits the home of Lizzy Lanigan in Portlaw during the year of 1955. Lizzy is a newly-wed, who was married a mere three months earlier. The peg-selling gypsy persuades Lizzy to have her palm read for the cost of two shillings. The Romany fortune teller then informs Lizzy that she will give birth to a girl child within the year who will be named 'Mary'. Lizzy is informed that she will give birth to a total of seven children during her life, but that her firstborn will be a 'special' child, who, when her time comes, will also give birth to seven children, of whom the firstborn will be a 'special' girl, also named 'Mary'. The Romany also reveals that the Lanigan legacy of 'specialness' will be passed down for generations, providing that mother and firstborn maintain its secret. If the secret is kept as instructed, the Lanigan family will be blessed, but if the secret is told to another; the Lanigan descendants will be cursed!
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The Lost Kingdom

The Lost Kingdom

William Forde

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2018
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King Lucre and Queen Avarice ruled the Kingdom of Cameo with hearts of stone. They were cruel, greedy and the most selfish of people. However much they had, they never seemed to have enough. The more they had, the more they wanted. Their appetites appeared insatiable. Upon their wedding day, the greedy King and Queen decided that they could never be truly happy until they had become the most powerful King and Queen the world had ever known and their Kingdom stretched beyond the border of any map ever made. When their son, Prince Soloman was born, they made their ambition his dream, but it was a dream which made him an unhappy child. After their deaths, Prince Soloman decides to pursue his own dream and in doing so finds eternal happiness.
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Tales From Portlaw Volume 12

Tales From Portlaw Volume 12

William Forde

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2017
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This love story is about a dying man and his personal assistant in his haulage firm. During the last fourteen days of his life, the dying man's lover strikes up a new relationship in the hospital ward with a patient in an adjacent bed. After her lover's death, she disappears and the new patient, who is infatuated with her, pursues his dream across the Irish Sea, only to discover that love is never smooth.
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Midnight Fighter

Midnight Fighter

William Forde

Lulu Press Inc
2017
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The beauty of life lies not in the physical characteristics of the world's children, but in our indomitable spirit to survive as equals in the environment we inhabit. We are each but a mere part of a more perfect whole, endowed with differing abilities and handicaps. When we live our lives in love, we live it in constant hope. When we live side- by- side harmoniously, we co-exist in peace and understanding. Cassey Blake, an 8-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer befriends a dying foal. This tender and enchanting story tells of how Cassey sleeps by day and works by night to save the life of 'Midnight Fighter', a colt from champion stock, who will never run, jump or walk again without a limp. Share and experience the love, bravery and sheer perseverance expressed between Cassey and her crippled companion.
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Two - the Priest's Calling Card

Tales from Portlaw Volume Two - the Priest's Calling Card

William Forde

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2016
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I grew up on my mother's stories. Although an Irish woman of small stature and imaginative mind, stories didn't come any 'taller' than those tales told by my mother. They would stretch the bounds of one's credulity beyond the realms of possibility, and yet, she always made me 'want to believe them'. Having been persuaded to return to writing, I decided to recount some of the stories told to me by my mother long ago. Being a person with my own imagination, I have taken the germ of her tale and elaborated it with the aid of 70 years of wisdom and a splash of literary licence to come up with the final result. 'The Priest's Calling Card' is about a Portlaw Priest who leaves his walking stick outside any house he visits as a sign of his presence there and with the clear understanding he is never to be interrupted during his home visits by any other callers to the house where he is.
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Three: 'Bigger and Better'

Tales from Portlaw Volume Three: 'Bigger and Better'

William Forde

Lulu.com
2016
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I grew up on my mother's stories. Although an Irish woman of small stature and imaginative mind, stories didn't come any 'taller' than those tales told by my mother. They would stretch the bounds of one's credulity beyond the realms of possibility, and yet, she always made me 'want to believe them'. Having been persuaded to return to writing, I decided to recount some of the stories told to me by my mother long ago. Being a person with my own imagination, I have taken the germ of her tale and elaborated it with the aid of 70 years of wisdom and a splash of literary licence to come up with the final result. This third volume of 'Tales from Portlaw', 'Bigger and Better' is about a Portlaw boy with stunted growth goes to live with his Uncle and Aunt in America to avoid bullying, but finds that all things 'bigger' are not necessarily' better'.
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Four: 'the Oldest Woman in the World'

Tales from Portlaw Volume Four: 'the Oldest Woman in the World'

William Forde

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2016
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'The Oldest Woman in the World' is a story about the life of a Portlaw-born man, Sean Thornton who spent many years working as a reporter for an Irish newspaper before becoming a reporting investigator for the very first edition of 'The Guinness Book of Records' in 1955. Sean's task for an edition of the annual records book was to seek out and confirm the identity of the oldest person in the world. He eventually does that, but not in time to include the factual data in the record book. In later years, he is greatly surprised that the oldest person in the world and himself share a mutual connection and that she finished up living much closer to Portlaw than Sean would ever have imagined!
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Five - 'Sean and Sarah'

Tales from Portlaw Volume Five - 'Sean and Sarah'

William Forde

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2016
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'Sean and Sarah' is a story of romance that starts in Ireland, then moves to England and concludes back in Ireland. Sean and Sarah seemed destined to marry, but tragedy prevented this occurring. So often in life, love is found by two people and is then lost because of circumstances beyond their control. Each of us inwardly love to hear and read about stories between couples that appear to defy all the odds and happily experience reunion; yet so often, life's judgement is less favourable and reality is much harsher.
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Six - The Alternative Christmas Party

Tales from Portlaw Volume Six - The Alternative Christmas Party

William Forde

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2014
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I grew up on my mother's stories. Although an Irish woman of small stature and imaginative mind, stories didn't come any 'taller' than those tales told by my mother. They would stretch the bounds of one's credulity beyond the realms of possibility, and yet, she always made me 'want to believe them'. I have taken the germ of her fact and added a bit of my fiction with a dash of author licence. This sixth volume of 'Tales from Portlaw', 'The Alternative Christmas Party' is the story of two Portlaw Christmas Party events that are booked by the same social events secretary for Boxing Day of 2012. One event was for the Catholic Church of Portlaw which is attended by priests, nuns and Catholic parishioners and the other event is for the 'Portlaw Rugby Club.' When the secretary of these two institutions makes a small mistake, the consequences for the people of Portlaw are enormous
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Seven - The Life of Liam Lafferty

Tales from Portlaw Volume Seven - The Life of Liam Lafferty

William Forde

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2014
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I grew up on my mother's stories. Although an Irish woman of small stature and imaginative mind, stories didn't come any 'taller' than those tales told by my mother. They would stretch the bounds of one's credulity beyond the realms of possibility, and yet, she always made me 'want to believe them'. I have taken the germ of her fact and added a bit of my fiction with a dash of author licence. This seventh volume of 'Tales from Portlaw' tells about the life and times of Liam Lafferty. It is a story involving being reared without the benefit of parents, a life of hard work and a marriage with one's first love. The story also touches upon bereavement and its effects within the life of various family members. The tale is a story of hope for the future in the life of any good person.
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Tales from Portlaw Volume Eight - the Life and Times of Joe Walsh

Tales from Portlaw Volume Eight - the Life and Times of Joe Walsh

William Forde

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2016
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'The Life and times of Joe Walsh' is Volume Eight in my 'Tales from Portlaw' series. It is a story of failed relationships, broken promises, unfaithful marriages, lesbianism, betrayal, murder and revenge. Joe Walsh is an only child whose father rejects her at birth. Her mother always dreamed of becoming a writer but her husband forbade such. Joe's mother is abandoned by a cruel husband and decides to escape her unhappy marriage in Ireland and begins life anew in England as an unmarried mother in the 1950's. Mother and young child come to Liverpool where they face discrimination as foreigners and being a single parent. Over the years, Joe's mother re-establishes herself, goes through a bogus church blessing to be identified as a married woman and pursues her long held dreams of becoming a writer. Estranged from her parents, Joe's mother finds true happiness once again in the arms of a friend's husband, before setting up house and home in Haworth, West Yorkshire.
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Rebecca's Revenge

Rebecca's Revenge

William Forde

Lulu.com
2014
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'Rebeca's Revenge' was written by me many years ago, but until now, I did not feel comfortable publishing it as it would have greatly conflicted with the image that I had established over a fifteen year period with my child readership audience. Now however, in the autumn of my life where I write only for adults, it feels appropriate to have this 'strictly for adults' story published widely. 'Rebecca's Revenge' is an adult novel spanning forty years between 1950-2,000. Set in the mills of rural Yorkshire and Lancashire, the fashion houses of Paris and the executive board rooms of New York it tells of rape, betrayal and revenge; the latter which takes forty years to plan and exact. Young Sally Cartwright discovers her physical attraction for another girl who is raped and vows revenge.
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Douglas the Dragon - Omnibus Edition

Douglas the Dragon - Omnibus Edition

William Forde

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2014
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'Douglas the Dragon' symbolises 'the power of love'. A young orphaned dragon is found and adopted by a young boy and becomes a much-loved dragon in the village. When the boy is killed by a volcano, the dragon is eventually evicted from the community. The dragon spends 50 years in exile sitting upon his volcano of hate and getting angrier and angrier until his anger explodes and he seeks revenge. Old age and death are stages in a person's life that all children find difficult concepts to understand, but this is eased considerably when 'death' is associated with the concept of 'rebirth'. At a time of separation, bereavement or loss, children become more isolated, non-communicative and vulnerable. Allow Douglas to help them 'live again' through his own experiences of illness and near death.
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Sleezy the Fox

Sleezy the Fox

William Forde

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2014
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'Sleezy the Fox' is a book of four stories about the overarching theme of 'second chances'. On the surface it deals with the immigration of a married couple and their seven children into a strange country, the bullying of neighbours, the ostracizing of offenders from the community as a whole and the alienation that often exists between man and wild beast and beast and wild man! Each of us shall experience or perpetrate some wrong in our lives. At the critical stage of reconciliation and healing, it is vitally important that we are able to give others and ourselves the benefit of a 'second chance'. And if you are like I used to be growing up, you may need to receive a 'second chance' many times before you eventually get it right.
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Action Annie

Action Annie

William Forde

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2016
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This is a collection of all 12 'Action Annie' stories. Annie is an imaginative and very active seven-year-old whose mind and body is always on the go. She never seems to stop. Even as she sleeps, she is dreaming about the things she plans to do tomorrow. Annie is always thinking up new ideas and inventing things. There's a little bit of Annie in every child. Are you like Annie in any of her ways?
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Tales of Bernard

Tales of Bernard

William Forde

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2014
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In writing 'Tales of Bernard', I have tried to provide the reader and all dog lovers with a taste of what it is like to be homeless. Through reading about the exploits of our hero, Bernard, alongside those of Boxer and his pack of stray-pedigree hounds, the story as a whole can be productively used as a 'discussion starter' in both home and classroom for the child reader. 'Tales of Bernard' can be enjoyed by any dog lover, whether they be child or adult as the central themes covered in the story embrace the many problems to be found in any society that experiences, abandonment, desertion, bullying and homelessness. Each of the dog characters in the book will be readily identified with by some child readers as they display behaviour and traits which are common to many growing children. The overall theme of the book is that whether it is bullying, homelessness or indeed any other problem of social and environmental conditioning, we all need to pull together to help each other win through.
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Afro-Indian Dreams Trilogy

Afro-Indian Dreams Trilogy

William Forde

Lulu.com
2016
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This book is a compilation of the 3 stories that Nelson Mandela phoned me personally to say were 'Wonderful' at their publication in the year 2000. The stories are from the individual perspective of 3 children; one from South Africa, one from the Punjab in India and one from Falmouth in Jamaica. Each story provides an accurate historical background setting. Throughout my life I have always been fascinated by the cultures, customs, development and history of three countries from the other side of my world. The 3 countries are Africa, India and Jamaica.
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The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks

The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks

William Forde

Lulu.com
2016
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The true test of any great nation is not what it achieves, but how it endures. Africa is a great nation and the endurance of its people over many centuries is a testament to their capacity to survive with dignity within an all-too-often cruel and intolerant world. For many centuries, the people of Africa experienced colonisation, enslavement, economic exploitation, apartheid, disenfranchisement, resettlement and segregation. Throughout these hardships they kept their faith in their beliefs, culture, traditions, religions and dreams. Many have written about Nelson Mandela, but I wanted to write about his dream; a dream which sustained him through three decades of imprisonment; a dream held by other tribal chiefs in the Africa of old and passed on to the next generation, like a baton until it eventually ended up in the hands of Nelson Mandela, who then gave it to the world. Nelson Mandela described this story as 'Wonderful'.
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Bucket Bill

Bucket Bill

William Forde

Lulu.com
2016
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A Jamaican story from the land where the sun shines down on every man, woman and child in equal measure; a safe harbor where hope springs eternal in the hearts of all good people and where the river of respect runs deep. This story is set in Trelawney, sometime between 1950 and 1962. The story is one of three stories that Nelson Mandela praised as being 'wonderful'. I extend my appreciation to the honorable Royland Barrett, the Custos of Trelawney (Mayor), for the factual background information he provided about the history and development of Trelawney and its capital town of Falmouth. The honorable Royland Barrett acts as representative to the Governor General of Jamaica and her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
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Indian Dreams Come True

Indian Dreams Come True

William Forde

Lulu.com
2016
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Kulwant is a girl who was born and reared in the Punjab, India. From being a young child, she has a recurring dream about the man that she will one day marry in the Sikh tradition. She is an only child and has a very happy upbringing until tragedy strikes the family and her father loses a leg in a landmine explosion. From there it is downhill for the family. Experience the trials and tribulations as Kulwant grows up into a beautiful woman and searches for the man of her dreams. It pleases me enormously that after writing this story and getting it published in the year 2000, that I received a telephone communication from Nelson Mandela who had been given a copy of the book by 'number 10.' Mr Mandela had read my Indian, African and Jamaican stories and described them all as being,' Wonderful.'
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