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Their Language is the Sun

Published
Aug 2025
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General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
413

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It is 1966. Five young people are headed for a lifetime in care. But they have other ideas. - Big Greg has written a pop song.- Beauty girl Helen dreams of love and cooking.- Gloriana longs to be a poet.- Mick just wants to win the World Cup.- And Patch, their fiery leader, intends a better future for them all. It is going to be a titanic struggle against the Rat and wicked Mr Salter and against all the institutional shackles of the time. Yet it's the Sixties. Patch is determined to put the New Man, Richard, to work on his plan. If Richard will just get his mind off the pretty nurse Lizzie. A passionate and deeply amusing story of young people determined to overcome impossible odds.

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First Edition Aug 2025 The Minos Press ISBN 1739632230
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